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1992/1993 Strachan Challenge – Event 1

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Strachan Challenge – Event 1
Tournament information
Dates12–21 December 1992 (1992-12-12 – 1992-12-21)
VenueJimmy White Snooker Lodge
CityAldershot
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatMinor-ranking event
Winner's share£3,000
Final
Champion Joe Swail (NIR)
Runner-up Stefan Mazrocis (ENG)
Score9–4
1993

The Strachan Challenge Series – Event 1 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 12 to 21 December 1992 at the Jimmy White Snooker Lodge in Aldershot, England.

The event was held in an effort to encourage some of the hundreds of new professionals who had joined the tour, the WPBSA experimented with several so-called minor ranking events. These were open to all the pros but carried a much lower ranking points tariff, around ten per cent of that applicable to most of the other tournaments. The already established Benson and Hedges Championship was one of the four events and the others were three legs of the Strachan Challenge. Although there was no restriction as to who could enter, most of the top 16 did not bother. They were played out at snooker clubs, the first and the third at Aldershot and the second in Sheffield. The experiment was not repeated although there were two further Challenge events the following season which did not carry any ranking status.[1]

Joe Swail won the tournament by defeating Stefan Mazrocis nine frames to four in the final.[2]

Main draw

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Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
               
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
England Robert Foxall 1
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
England David Roe 2
England David Roe 5
England Nick Terry 0
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
England Jonathan Birch 4
England Jonathan Birch 5
Scotland Scott MacFarlane 3
England Jonathan Birch 5
England John Giles 3
England John Giles 5
England Paul Tanner 4
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 6
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Scotland Chris Small 2
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Republic of Ireland Stephen Murphy 3
Republic of Ireland Stephen Murphy 5
England Steve Judd 1
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 0
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Wales Cliff Wilson 0
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
England Mark Davis 2
England Mark Davis 5
Scotland Scott Bigham 1
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 9
England Stefan Mazrocis 4
England Stefan Mazrocis 5
Northern Ireland Jason Prince 3
England Stefan Mazrocis 5
Wales Paul Davies 2
Wales Paul Davies 5
England Gary Wilkinson 1
England Stefan Mazrocis 5
Wales Mark Bennett 4
Wales Mark Bennett 5
England Willie Thorne 2
Wales Mark Bennett 5
England Joe Johnson 0
England Joe Johnson 5
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 4
England Stefan Mazrocis 6
England Anthony Hamilton 4
England Anthony Hamilton 5
Wales Darren Morgan 3
England Anthony Hamilton 5
England Stuart Reardon 3
England Stuart Reardon 5
England Rod Lawler 4
England Anthony Hamilton 5
South Africa Peter Francisco 3
South Africa Peter Francisco 5
England Brian Rowswell 3
South Africa Peter Francisco 5
England Martin Clark 4
England Martin Clark 5
England Bob Marshall 3

References

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  1. ^ "Strachan Open, Strachan Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 163.