# 2011 World Seniors Championship

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 Peterborough, England. The age criterion was raised from 40 to 45 compared to 2010.
Jimmy White was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Darren Morgan.
Darren Morgan won in the final 2–1 against Steve Davis. 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 Premier League. 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 "ball-in-hand" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss. All times are GMT.

### Quarter-finals

* Sunday, 6 November – 13:00
** Dene O'Kane 0–2 Steve Davis
** Darren Morgan 2–0 Cliff Thorburn
** Dennis Taylor 0–2 Jimmy White
** John Parrott 2–1 Karl Townsend

### Semi-finals

* Sunday, 6 November – 19:00
** Steve Davis 2–0 John Parrott
** Jimmy White 0–2 Darren Morgan

### Final

* Sunday, 6 November – 19:00
** Steve Davis 1–2 Darren Morgan

## Qualifying

These matches took place on 10 October 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Tony Chappel made a 101 break against David Taylor.
| 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 |
| | | | Barry Stark | Barry Stark | 2 | | | |
| John Welsh | John Welsh | 0 | Ian Brumby | Ian Brumby | 0 | | | |
| Ian Brumby | Ian Brumby | 2 | | | | Barry Stark | Barry Stark | 1 |
| Andrew Milliard | Andrew Milliard | 2 | | | | Steve Ventham | Steve Ventham | 2 |
| Steve Newbury | Steve Newbury | 1 | Andrew Milliard | Andrew Milliard | 0 | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | Dean Reynolds | 1 | Steve Ventham | Steve Ventham | 2 | | | |
| Steve Ventham | Steve Ventham | 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 |
| David Roe | David Roe | 2 | | | | | | |
| Patsy Fagan | Patsy Fagan | 0 | David Roe | David Roe | 2 | | | |
| Les Dodd | Les Dodd | 2 | Les Dodd | Les Dodd | 0 | | | |
| Tony Brown | Tony Brown | 0 | | | | David Roe | David Roe | 0 |
| | | | | | | Darren Morgan | Darren Morgan | 2 |
| | | | Darren Morgan | Darren Morgan | 2 | | | |
| Kevin Uzzell | Kevin Uzzell | 1 | Mike Hallett | Mike Hallett | 0 | | | |
| Mike Hallett | Mike Hallett | 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 McBride | John McBride | 0 | | | |
| Karl Townsend | Karl Townsend | 2 | Karl Townsend | Karl Townsend | 2 | | | |
| David Singh | David Singh | 1 | | | | Karl Townsend | Karl Townsend | 2 |
| Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 2 | | | | Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 0 |
| Wayne Jones | Wayne Jones | 0 | Stephen Meakin | Stephen Meakin | 2 | | | |
| Dessie Sheehan | Dessie Sheehan | 1 | Ali Bassiri | Ali Bassiri | 0 | | | |
| Ali Bassiri | Ali Bassiri | 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 |
| David Taylor | David Taylor | 2 | | | | | | |
| Christopher Flight | Christopher Flight | 0 | David Taylor | David Taylor | 0 | | | |
| Jimmy O'Shea | Jimmy O'Shea | 1 | Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 2 | | | |
| Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 2 | | | | Tony Chappel | Tony Chappel | 1 |
| Gary Miller | Gary Miller | 0 | | | | Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | 2 |
| Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | Gary Wilkinson | Gary Wilkinson | | | | |
| | | | Bye | Bye | | | | |