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

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. The age criterion was raised from 40 to 45 compared to 2010.

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 ...

was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against

Darren Morgan Darren Morgan (born 3 May 1966) is a Welsh former professional snooker player who now competes as an amateur. Morgan won the World Amateur Championship in 1987 and played on the professional main tour from 1988 until 2006. He earned just ov ...

won in the final 2–1 against

Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World S ...

. 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

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. 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 "" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss. All times are

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Last 16

* Saturday, 5 November – 13:00 **

Tony Drago Tony Drago (born 22 September 1965) is a Maltese former professional snooker and pool player. Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 G ...

1–2

Dene O'Kane Dene O'Kane (born 24 February 1963) is a former professional snooker player from Auckland, New Zealand. Career O'Kane won the 1980 New Zealand Amateur Championship, and represented New Zealand at the 1982 IBSF World Snooker Championship, winn ...

2–1

Neal Foulds Neal Foulds (born 13 July 1963) is an English former professional snooker player and six-time tournament winner, including the 1986 International Open, the 1988 Dubai Masters and the 1992 Scottish Masters, as well as the invitational Pot Blac ...

** Karl Townsend 2–0 Steve Ventham **

John Parrott John Stephen Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained withi ...

2–1 Joe Johnson * Saturday, 5 November – 19:00 **

2–0 Tony Knowles **

Nigel Bond Nigel Bond (born 15 November 1965) is an English former professional snooker player. Bond competed on the main tour from 1989 to 2022, and was ranked within the world's top 16 players between 1992 and 1999, peaking at 5th for the 1996–97 s ...

0–2

Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, where he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in a ...

** Gary Wilkinson 0–2

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

2–1

Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (8 June 1942 – 14 February 2021) was a Welsh snooker player from Tir-y-Berth, Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales. He was a member of the professional snooker circuit from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and remained within the ...

Quarter-finals

* Sunday, 6 November – 13:00 **

0–2

2–0

0–2

2–1 Karl Townsend

Semi-finals

* Sunday, 6 November – 19:00 **

2–0

0–2

Final

* Sunday, 6 November – 19:00 **

1–2

Qualifying

These matches took place on 10 October 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy,

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. There was only one century break during the qualifying.

Tony Chappel Tony Chappel (born 28 May 1960) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Pontarddulais in Swansea, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1984 to 2001. Career Throughout his career Chappel produced some notable wins. Some of the ...

made a 101 break against David Taylor.

Notes

* After Alain Robidoux withdrew from the competition, due to an ear operation,

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.

References

{{Snooker season 2011/2012 2011

World Seniors Championship The World Seniors Championship is an invitational seniors snooker tournament which has been played under different formats. As of 2020 the minimum age is 40, but it was 45 in 2011 and 2012. History The event was first held in 1991 with 16 pla ...

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