2011 World Seniors Championship

Not to be confused with 2011 World Senior Curling Championships.

2011 World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–6 November 2011 (2011-11-05 – 2011-11-06)
VenueEast of England Showground
CityPeterborough
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatSeniors event
Total prize fund£53,000
Winner's share£18,000
Highest break Darren Morgan (86)
Final
Champion Darren Morgan
Runner-up Steve Davis
Score2–1
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The 2011 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament 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.

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

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

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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. 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. All times are GMT.

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qualifying

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

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

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