# 1992/1993 Strachan Challenge – Event 1

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

## Main draw

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