2012 World Seniors Championship

Wyldecrest Park Homes
World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates 27–28 October 2012
Venue Mountbatten Centre
City Portsmouth
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £50,000
Winner's share £18,000
Highest break 86
Final
Champion England Nigel Bond
Runner-up Wales Tony Chappel
Score 2–0
2011
2013

The 2012 Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship[1] was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27–28 October 2012 at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.

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

Bond won in the final 2–0 against Tony Chappel.[3][4][5] Bond won 14 frames in a row by beating all of his opponents with 2–0.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]

Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on the evening of 13 September 2012 at The Sands in Carlisle during the Premier League. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames.[8] The times for 27 October are BST and those for 28 October are GMT.[9][10][11][12][13] The highest break of the tournament was 86 made by Karl Townsend.[12]

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qualifying

These matches took place on 30 September 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[14][15][16] There was only one century break during the qualifying. Nigel Bond made a 101 against Gary Wilkinson.[17]

Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
     
        Scotland Giulio Rae 0  
England Stephen Meakin 2     England Stephen Meakin 2  
Republic of Ireland Dessie Sheehan 0       England Stephen Meakin 1
Scotland John Rea 0       England Les Dodd 2
England Bill Oliver 2     England Bill Oliver 0
England Andrew Milliard 0     England Les Dodd 2    
England Les Dodd 2  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
Republic of Ireland John Leahy 1  
England Steve Ventham 2     England Steve Ventham 0  
England Gary Wilkinson 2     England Gary Wilkinson 2  
England Dean Reynolds 0       England Gary Wilkinson 0
          England Nigel Bond 2
        England Steve James 0
England Nigel Bond 2     England Nigel Bond 2    
Australia Peter Williams 0  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
England Gary Miller 2  
England Jimmy O'Shea 1     England Gary Miller 0  
England Dave Harold 0     England Ian Brumby 2  
England Ian Brumby 2       England Ian Brumby 0
          England Barry West 2
        England David Roe 0
England Ashley Beal 0     England Barry West 2    
England Barry West 2  
Round 1
Best of 3 frames
Round 2
Best of 3 frames
Round 3
Best of 3 frames
     
        England Nigel Gilbert 1  
England Tony Brown 1     Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 2  
Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 2       Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 0
England Ian Barry Stark 2       Wales Tony Chappel 2
Wales Wayne Jones 1     England Ian Barry Stark 1
Wales Tony Chappel 2     Wales Tony Chappel 2    
England Stefan Mazrocis 0  

References

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  2. "Morgan Wins Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. "Nigel Bond sees off Terry Chappel to win World Seniors Championship". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. "Bond yields nothing to win World Seniors title". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. "Nigel Bond wins snooker's World Seniors Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  6. "2012 World Seniors Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. "The Tour 2012/2013: Provisional prize money summary" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  8. "Portsmouth To Stage World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. "World Seniors Championship Draw and format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  10. "Davis to face Thorburn at World Seniors". Eurosport Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  11. "Bond Claims Seniors Title". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  13. "2012 World Seniors Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  14. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  15. "Seniors Line-Up Complete". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  16. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  17. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers - Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

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