2011 World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–6 November 2011 (2011-11-05 – 2011-11-06)
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
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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]

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]

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]

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