2011 World Seniors Championship

Wyldecrest Park Homes
World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates 5–6 November 2011
Venue East of England Showground
City Peterborough
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Total prize fund £53,000
Winner's share £18,000
Highest break 86
Final
Champion Wales Darren Morgan
Runner-up England Steve Davis
Score 2–1
2010
2012

The 2011 Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship[1] was a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker that took place between 5–6 November 2011 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, England. The age criterion was raised from 40 to 45 compared to 2010.[2]

Jimmy White was the defending champion,[3] but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Darren Morgan.

Darren Morgan won in the final 2–1 against Steve Davis.[4] During the final Morgan also made the highest break of the tournament, an 86 in the penultimate frame.[5][6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7]
Winner: £18,000
Runner-up: £8,000
Semi-finalist: £4,000
Quarter-finalist: £2,000
Last 16: £1,000
Round 3: £750

Total: £53,000

Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on the evening of 1 September 2011 at the Guildford Spectrum during the Premier League. The draw for quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis.[2] All matches were best of 3 frames. Matches were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches, except the final after a 20 minute interval. The evening session didn't start before the time indicated on the format. All frames were subjected to a 30 second shot clock after ten minutes of play and the miss rule was altered so "ball-in-hand" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss.[2][8] All times are GMT.[9][10]

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qualifying

These matches took place on 10 October 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England.[11][12][13] There was only one century break during the qualifying. Tony Chappel made a 101 break against David Taylor.[14]

Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
      
          England Barry Stark 2  
 England John Welsh 0      England Ian Brumby 0  
 England Ian Brumby 2        England Barry Stark 1
 England Andrew Milliard 2        England Steve Ventham 2
 Wales Steve Newbury 1      England Andrew Milliard 0
 England Dean Reynolds 1      England Steve Ventham 2    
 England Steve Ventham 2  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
 England David Roe 2  
 Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 0      England David Roe 2  
 England Les Dodd 2      England Les Dodd 0  
 England Tony Brown 0        England David Roe 0
            Wales Darren Morgan 2
          Wales Darren Morgan 2
 England Kevin Uzzell 1      England Mike Hallett 0    
 England Mike Hallett 2  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
      
          Republic of Ireland John McBride 0  
 England Karl Townsend 2      England Karl Townsend 2  
 India David Singh 1        England Karl Townsend 2
 England Stephen Meakin 2        England Stephen Meakin 0
 Wales Wayne Jones 0      England Stephen Meakin 2
 Republic of Ireland Dessie Sheehan 1      England Ali Bassiri 0    
 England Ali Bassiri 2  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
 England David Taylor 2  
 England Christopher Flight 0      England David Taylor 0  
 England Jimmy O'Shea 1      Wales Tony Chappel 2  
 Wales Tony Chappel 2        Wales Tony Chappel 1
 England Gary Miller 0        England Gary Wilkinson 2
 England Gary Wilkinson 2      England Gary Wilkinson
           Bye[a2]    
      

Notes

  • a1 a2 After Alain Robidoux withdrew from the competition, due to an ear operation, Doug Mountjoy was handed a place in the final stages of the competition and the winner of the match between Gary Miller and Gary Wilkinson received a bye into the last qualifying round.[15]

References

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  3. "White Crowned Senior Champion". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  4. "Morgan Takes Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Morgan Takes Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  7. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Entry Pack" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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  10. "World Seniors Championship (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  11. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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  13. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  14. "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  15. "Mountjoy Replaces Robidoux In World Seniors". wordsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 October 2011.