Whatever the cue sport, the playing surface is key to enjoy the game, improve your skills and achieve incredible shots. Strachan is the Reference cloth supplier to Snooker, English and Chinese pool sports organisations. In this fifth of 6 episodes, Gareth Potts, multiple 8-ball World Champion, shares his personal thoughts about it. https://youtu.be/RXPLpcpE_qo [...]
Strachan is the World’s leading cloth manufacturer for Snooker, English and Chinese pool. This company came up with a breakthrough manufacturing technique known as “The Nap” which is a permanent directional finish on the surface of the cloth. Now one might wonder how Strachan still manages to preserve its competitive edge in terms of excellence [...]
Ball speed and positioning are key in billiard. It is even more true when it comes to Snooker, English and Chinese pool. These cue sports require woollen napped cloths to achieve consistent and advanced shots. To talk about it, we interviewed Gareth Potts, multiple Chinese and English 8-ball World Champion. In this third of 6 [...]
A billiard cloth is like a tyre on a car. It gives the grip and precision for your ball to go exactly in the direction you want to. In cue sports like Snooker, English and Chinese pool, players need extra grip to master the game. To talk about it, we interviewed Gareth Potts, multiple Chinese [...]
Chinese pool’s popularity is spreading far beyond China’s borders. Today, this sport attracts the best billiard players from all over the world. This surge in popularity is no coincidence. Chinese pool is great combination of all the major cue sports. To talk about it, we interviewed Gareth Potts, 3-time Chinese 8-ball World Masters Champion and [...]
Strachan’s ancestral heritage led to a breakthrough manufacturing technique known as “The Nap” which is a permanent directional finish on the surface of the cloth. This Permanent Directional Nap is the signature of all Strachan cloths which were first used in Snooker, which was only developing at that time, and then were used for English [...]
Strachan is the World’s leading manufacturer of Snooker, English and Chinese pool cloths. This is why this English brand is the official and exclusive cloth supplier to virtually all major amateur and professional tournaments around the world. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the creation of snooker, we interviewed Jason Ferguson, Director of the World [...]
This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the creation of Snooker. Strachan Cloth and Aramith Balls have been the Reference suppliers to virtually all major amateur and professional snooker events, clubs and sports organisations in the world. To recognize the long History of this sport and its development everywhere around the world, we interviewed [...]
Snooker is a game that has been played for nearly 150 years now. And more than ever before, snooker’s popularity crosses borders all around the globe thanks to a professional tour which is growing rapidly. The World Snooker Tour 2023-2024 season reached a global cumulative audience of 445 million people with more events, more players [...]
Considered as one of the best pool players of his generation, The 4-time World English Eightball Champion and 3-time World Chinese Eightball Champion just renewed its collaboration with Strachan, the World’s leading brand of Snooker, English and Chinese pool cloths. Born in England in 1983, the one called “The Golden Boy” by his fans and [...]
