The 2023 World Champion will partner with the World’s leading billiard balls and cloth with the ambition to climb back the rankings and to capture again the ultimate prize at the Crucible. Known as the “Belgian Bullet”, Luca Brecel had already made history long before becoming World Champion. At just 14 years-old, he became the [...]
What’s Going On? The World Snooker Tour is encountering a record-breaking number of 147 breaks this season. 22 so far and already 7 more than the entire 2024-25 season, which had previously set a new record. This is setting up everyone on fire: the players, the commentators, the fans, the media. Snooker is [...]
Discover the journey of Gareth Potts, former four-time English Eightball World Champion, who secured the prestigious WPA World Heyball Championship in Brisbane. Gareth opens up in an exclusive interview about the immense pressure of the high-stakes, fast-paced tournament format, where he recovered from a 3-0 deficit in both the semi-final and final. He details [...]
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 [...]
