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 5âÂÂ6 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 0âÂÂ2 against Darren Morgan.
Darren Morgan won in the final 2âÂÂ1 against Steve Davis. During the final Morgan also made the highest break of the tournament, an 86 in the penultimate frame.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:<br/> Winner: ã18,000 <br /> Runner-up: ã8,000<br /> Semi-finalist: ã4,000<br /> Quarter-finalist: ã2,000<br /> Last 16: ã1,000<br/> Round 3: ã750
Total: ã53,000
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 "" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss. All times are GMT.
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.