# 2012 World Seniors Championship

The 2012 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 28 October 2012 at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.
Darren Morgan was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Nigel Bond.
Bond won in the final 2–0 against Tony Chappel. Bond won 14 frames in a row by beating all of his opponents with 2–0.

## 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
* Total: £50,000

## Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on the evening of 13 September 2012 at The Sands in Carlisle during the Premier League. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames. The times for 27 October are BST and those for 28 October are GMT. The highest break of the tournament was 86 made by Karl Townsend.

### Quarter-finals

* Sunday, 28 October – 13:00
** Steve Davis 0–2 Darren Morgan
** Dene O'Kane 2–1 Jimmy White
** Alain Robidoux 0–2 Tony Chappel
** Tony Knowles 0–2 Nigel Bond

### Semi-finals

* Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
** Nigel Bond 2–0 Darren Morgan
** Tony Chappel 2–1 Dene O'Kane

### Final

* Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
** Nigel Bond 2–0 Tony Chappel

## Qualifying

These matches took place on 30 September 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Nigel Bond made a 101 against Gary Wilkinson.
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames |
| | | | Giulio Rae | Giulio Rae | 0 | | | |
| Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 2 | Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 2 | | | |
| Dessie Sheehan | Dessie Sheehan | 0 | | | | Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 1 |
| John Rea | John Rea | 0 | | | | Les Dodd | Les Dodd | 2 |
| Bill Oliver | Bill Oliver | 2 | Bill Oliver | Bill Oliver | 0 | | | |
| Andrew Milliard | Andrew Milliard | 0 | Les Dodd | Les Dodd | 2 | | | |
| Les Dodd | Les Dodd | 2 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames |
| John Leahy | John Leahy | 1 | | | | | | |
| Steve Ventham | Steve Ventham | 2 | Steve Ventham | Steve Ventham | 0 | | | |
| Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | Dean Reynolds | 0 | | | | Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | 0 |
| | | | | | | Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 2 |
| | | | Steve James | Steve James | 0 | | | |
| Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 2 | Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 2 | | | |
| Peter Williams | Peter Williams | 0 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames |
| Gary Miller | Gary Miller | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy O'Shea | Jimmy O'Shea | 1 | Gary Miller | Gary Miller | 0 | | | |
| Dave Harold | Dave Harold | 0 | Ian Brumby | Ian Brumby | 2 | | | |
| Ian Brumby | Ian Brumby | 2 | | | | Ian Brumby | Ian Brumby | 0 |
| | | | | | | Barry West | Barry West | 2 |
| | | | David Roe | David Roe | 0 | | | |
| Ashley Beal | Ashley Beal | 0 | Barry West | Barry West | 2 | | | |
| Barry West | Barry West | 2 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames |
| | | | Nigel Gilbert | Nigel Gilbert | 1 | | | |
| Tony Brown | Tony Brown | 1 | Patsy Fagan | Patsy Fagan | 2 | | | |
| Patsy Fagan | Patsy Fagan | 2 | | | | Patsy Fagan | Patsy Fagan | 0 |
| Ian Barry Stark | Ian Barry Stark | 2 | | | | Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 2 |
| Wayne Jones | Wayne Jones | 1 | Ian Barry Stark | Ian Barry Stark | 1 | | | |
| Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 2 | Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 2 | | | |
| Stefan Mazrocis | Stefan Mazrocis | 0 | | | | | | |