World Seniors Championship 2012

World Seniors Championship 2012
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	12 + 28
Venue:	Mountbatten Center , Portsmouth
Opening:	October 27, 2012
Endgame:	October 28, 2012
Winner:	Nigel Bond
Finalist:	Tony Chappel
Highest Break:	86 ( Karl Townsend )
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The 2012 Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament held from October 27-28, 2012 at the Mountbatten Center in Portsmouth .

Defending champion Darren Morgan from Wales reached the semi-finals, which he lost 2-0 to Nigel Bond .

In the final, Bond finally won 2-0 against Tony Chappel .

regulate

The invitation tournament took place as part of the Main Tour of the 2012/13 snooker season . The tournament, which had already taken place in 1991, was revived in 2010. In 2012 the tournament was held for the fourth time.

The condition for the tournament participation is that the players are older than 45 years.

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. Four participants were determined at a qualifying tournament.

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 18,000
finalist	£ 8,000
Semi-finalist	£ 4,000
Quarter finalist	£ 2,000
Round of 16	£ 1,000
total	£ 50,000

Results

Finals

The pairings were drawn anew after each round.

	Round of 16 best of 3 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 3 Frames				Semi-finals Best of 3 Frames				Final best of 3 frames
	Karl Townsend	1
	Tony Knowles	2
					Tony Knowles	0
					Nigel Bond	2
	Dennis Taylor	0
	Nigel Bond	2
									Nigel Bond	2
									Darren Morgan	0
	Steve Davis	2
	Cliff Thorburn	1
					Steve Davis	0
					Darren Morgan	2
	Darren Morgan	2
	Joe Johnson	0
													Nigel Bond	2
													Tony Chappel	0
	Alain Robidoux	2
	Les Dodd	0
					Alain Robidoux	0
					Tony Chappel	2
	Tony Drago	1
	Tony Chappel	2
									Tony Chappel	2
									Dene O'Kane	1
	Dene O'Kane	2
	Barry West	0
					Dene O'Kane	2
					Jimmy White	1
	Jimmy White	2
	Mike Hallett	0

final

Final: Best of 3 Frames Mountbatten Center, Portsmouth , October 28, 2012
Nigel Bond	2 : 0	Tony Chappel
68 : 54, 66 : 4
35	Highest break	33
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

qualification

The four qualification places were played among 28 participants. The games were played in best-of-3 mode and took place on September 30th in Sheffield .

Round 1

game		Result
1	Steve Meakin	2 : 0	Dessie Sheehan
2	John Rea	0: 2	Bill Oliver
3	Andrew Billion	0: 2	Les Dodd
4th	John Leahy	1: 2	Steve Ventham
5	Gary Wilkinson	2 : 0	Dean Reynolds
6th	Nigel Bond	2 : 0	Peter Williams
7th	Gary Miller	2 : 1	Jimmy O'Shea
8th	Dave Harold	0: 2	Ian Brumby
9	Ashley Beal	0: 2	Barry West
10	Tony Brown	1: 2	Patsy Fagan
11	Barry Stark	2 : 1	Wayne Jones
12	Tony Chappel	2 : 0	Stefan Mazrocis

round 2

game		Result
13	Giulio Rae	0: 2	Steve Meakin
14th	Bill Oliver	0: 2	Les Dodd
15th	Steve Ventham	0: 2	Gary Wilkinson
16	Steve James	0: 2	Nigel Bond
17th	Gary Miller	0: 2	Ian Brumby
18th	David Roe	0: 2	Barry West
19th	Nigel Gilbert	1: 2	Patsy Fagan
20th	Barry Stark	1: 2	Tony Chappel

Round 3

game		Result
21st	Steve Meakin	1: 2	Les Dodd
22nd	Gary Wilkinson	0: 2	Nigel Bond
23	Ian Brumby	0: 2	Barry West
24	Patsy Fagan	0: 2	Tony Chappel

Century breaks

qualification

Nigel Bond

101

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2012 World Seniors Championship Prize Money Breakdown . Snooker Database. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
2. ^ World Seniors playing schedule . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
3. ^ Bond Claims Seniors Title . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
4. ^ Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
5. ↑ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format (PDF; 72 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
6. ↑ Seniors Line-Up Complete . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
7. ↑ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
8. ↑ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers - Centuries . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.