2011 World Seniors Championship

The 2011 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship)[1] was a professional non-ranking 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.[2]

Not to be confused with 2011 World Senior Curling Championships.

World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–6 November 2011
Venue	East of England Showground
City	Peterborough
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£53,000
Winner's share	£18,000
Highest break	Darren Morgan (86)
Final
Champion	Darren Morgan
Runner-up	Steve Davis
Score	2–1
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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

Saturday, 5 November – 13:00[5] Tony Drago 1–2 Steve Davis Dene O'Kane 2–1 Neal Foulds Karl Townsend 2–0 Steve Ventham John Parrott 2–1 Joe Johnson

Saturday, 5 November – 19:00[5] Jimmy White 2–0 Tony Knowles Nigel Bond 0–2 Dennis Taylor Gary Wilkinson 0–2 Darren Morgan Cliff Thorburn 2–1 Doug Mountjoy^[a1]

Quarter-finals

• Sunday, 6 November – 13:00[6]
  • Dene O'Kane 0–2 Steve Davis
  • Darren Morgan 2–0 Cliff Thorburn
  • Dennis Taylor 0–2 Jimmy White
  • John Parrott 2–1 Karl Townsend

Semi-finals

Sunday, 6 November – 19:00[6] Steve Davis 2–0 John Parrott Jimmy White 0–2 Darren Morgan Final Sunday, 6 November – 19:00[6] Steve Davis 1–2 Darren Morgan 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               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.[15] References "Wyldecrest Extend Sponsorship Of World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011. "World Seniors Snooker Returns". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011. "White Crowned Senior Champion". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010. "Morgan Takes Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011. "World Seniors Day Two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 November 2011. "Morgan Takes Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2011. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Entry Pack" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 October 2011. Hendon, David (6 November 2011). "Darren Morgan: World Seniors Champion". Snooker Scene Blog. Retrieved 19 November 2011. "World Seniors Championship Draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 13 October 2011. "World Seniors Championship (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 September 2011. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 October 2011. "World Seniors Championship qualifiers". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 October 2011. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 October 2011. "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011. "Mountjoy Replaces Robidoux In World Seniors". wordsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.