The popularity of snooker continues to scale new heights with four major billiard events taking place almost in succession in major cities across China. Starting with the 2013 Haikou World Open in Hainan in February, closely followed by the 2013 China Open and the opening of a new CBSA Snooker Academy in Beijing in [...]
Judd originates from Bristol in the West of England, the home of Strachan cloth. Both born in the West of England but separated by 100 years of history. Judd typifies the energy, enthusiasm and ultra-professionalism of the modern snooker player. Whilst the Strachan brand, built over a century, represents tradition, trust and assured quality. [...]
Strachan has once again been selected by the International Billiard and Snooker Federation as their official cloth supplier. The new contract means that Strachan 6811 Tournament cloth will continue to be used at the IBSF World Championships for years to come. Strachan cloth is manufactured by WSP Textiles Ltd in Stroud, UK. Its flagship [...]
Shanghai, China saw a surge of snooker activity in September which proved to be nothing other than sensational. The city hosted its 5thShanghai Masters Snooker Championship and the 5thChina Billiards Expo 2012 while the 2ndevent of the Asian Player Tour Championship was held in the outskirt satellite city of YiXing within a space of [...]
Strachan has been retained by World Snooker Ltd in a new long-term contract as its cloth supplier for the World Championship and all ranking tournaments worldwide. Strachan is manufactured by WSP Textiles Ltd, which recently acquired the woollen speciality products business from Milliken. Its flagship cloth, Strachan Championship No 10, has featured at the [...]
Snooker has continued to develop in China over the past year with ranking events springing up all over the tournament calendar. The 2012-13 professional season already has 5 China based events listed on the provisional calendar. This year in March alone China will be hosting 2 high profile file ranking events, providing further evidence [...]
WSP Textiles (formerly Milliken), the UK based manufacturer of Strachan snooker and pool cloth, once again joined forces with its UK distributor Suzo Happ for January’s European Amusement and Gaming Expo (EAG) at London’s Excel. Suzo launched a brand new Cuesports game called Trilliards (pictured) which is based upon the concept of combining Noughts [...]
British snooker and pool cloth manufacturer Strachan has announced its first significant investment in new equipment since its acquisition. New owners Vespa Capital will this year spend over £250,000 at the company’s two Gloucestershire factories that were bought towards the end of last year from Milliken, the US textile company. The first stage of [...]
Strachan, Britain’s leading pool cloth manufacturer, is backing the new International Professional Pool Players Association (IPA) eight-ball tour in 2012. The company has joined Hilton Worldwide and Heywood supreme pool tables as backers of a new committee now heading up the organisation, which has attracted over £120,000 in prize money. The committee is keen [...]
Billiard cloth manufacturer Strachan will again exhibit alongside Suzo Happ at January’s EAG International Expo in London. But unlike previous years, the Strachan brand will be making its debut exhibition under its new owners WSP Textiles Ltd, which recently bought the cloth manufacturing business from US-owned Milliken. This has meant creating a new name [...]
