The 2011 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship)[1] 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.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–6 November 2011 |
| Venue | East of England Showground |
| City | Peterborough |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Seniors 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 |
← 2010 2012 → | |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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Quarter-finals edit
- Sunday, 6 November – 13:00[6]
Semi-finals edit
- Sunday, 6 November – 19:00[6]
Final edit
- Sunday, 6 November – 19:00[6]
Qualifying edit
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
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 Bye[a2]
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Notes edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c "World Seniors Day Two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Morgan Takes Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Entry Pack" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Hendon, David (6 November 2011). "Darren Morgan: World Seniors Champion". Snooker Scene Blog. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship (2011)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "World Seniors Championship qualifiers". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. 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.