World Seniors Championship 2011

World Seniors Championship 2011
winner	Darren Morgan
venue	Peterborough
opening	November 5, 2011
Endgame	November 6, 2011
Highest break	86 ( Darren Morgan )

The 2011 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that was held in Peterborough from November 5 to 6, 2011 .

regulate

The invitation tournament took place as part of the Main Tour of the 2011/12 snooker season . The tournament, which was held once in 1991 and revived in 2010, saw its third edition in 2011.

Eligibility requirement: the players had to be older than 45 years, which means that the minimum age has been increased by five years compared to the previous year.

12 players took part at the invitation of the WPBSA , most of them ex-world champions or other popular players who have been successful in the past. The four other starting places were played out at a qualification tournament.

The draw was made during the second game day of the 2011 Premier League Snooker by Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood and commentator Andy Goldstein .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 18,000
finalist	£ 8,000
Semi-finalist	£ 4,000
Quarter finalist	£ 2,000
Round of 16	£ 1,000
3rd preliminary round	750 pounds
total	£ 53,000

Results

Finals

	Round of 16 best of 3 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 3 Frames				Semi-finals Best of 3 Frames				Final best of 3 frames
	Tony Drago	1
	Steve Davis	2
					Steve Davis	2
					Dene O'Kane	0
	Dene O'Kane	2
	Neal Foulds	1
									Steve Davis	2
									John Parrott	0
	Karl Townsend	2
	Steve Ventham	0
					Karl Townsend	1
					John Parrott	2
	John Parrott	2
	Joe Johnson	1
													Steve Davis	1
													Darren Morgan	2
	Jimmy White	2
	Tony Knowles	0
					Jimmy White	2
					Dennis Taylor	0
	Nigel Bond	0
	Dennis Taylor	2
									Jimmy White	0
									Darren Morgan	2
	Gary Wilkinson	0
	Darren Morgan	2
					Darren Morgan	2
					Cliff Thorburn	0
	Cliff Thorburn	2
	Doug Mountjoy	1

final

Finale: Best of 3 frames
Steve Davis	1: 2	Darren Morgan
109 : 24 (72), 0: 86 (86), 18:80 (60)
72	Highest break	86
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	2

qualification

The four qualification places were played among 28 participants. The games, which were played in best-of-3 mode, took place on October 10th in Gloucester .

Round 1

game		Result
1	John Welsh	0: 2	Ian Brumby
2	Andrew Billion	2: 1	Steve Newbury
3	Dean Reynolds	1: 2	Steve Ventham
4th	David Roe	2-0	Patsy Fagan
5	Les Dodd	2-0	Tony Brown
6th	Kevin Uzzell	1: 2	Mike Hallett
7th	Karl Townsend	2: 1	David Singh
8th	Steve Meakin	2-0	Wayne Jones
9	Dessie Sheehan	1: 2	Ali Bassiri
10	David Taylor	2-0	Christopher Flight
11	Jimmy O'Shea	1: 2	Tony Chappel
12	Gary Miller	0: 2	Gary Wilkinson

round 2

game		Result
13	Barry Stark	2-0	Ian Brumby
14th	Andrew Billion	0: 2	Steve Ventham
15th	David Roe	2-0	Les Dodd
16	Darren Morgan	2-0	Mike Hallett
17th	John McBride	0: 2	Karl Townsend
18th	Steve Meakin	2-0	Ali Bassiri
19th	David Taylor	0: 2	Tony Chappel
20th	Gary Wilkinson	kl.	bye

Round 3

game		Result
21st	Barry Stark	1: 2	Steve Ventham
22nd	David Roe	0: 2	Darren Morgan
23	Karl Townsend	2-0	Steve Meakin
24	Tony Chappel	1: 2	Gary Wilkinson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andy Goldstein on Twitter on September 1, 2011
2. ↑ Draw and schedule (snooker.org)
3. ^ World Seniors. (PDF; 47.9 kB) Snooker Championship. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on July 27, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Results (worldsnooker.com) ( Memento from November 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ World Seniors Championship qualifiers . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
6. ↑ Doug Mountjoy advanced to the finals for Alain Robidoux after the Canadian had to cancel his participation due to an ear surgery.