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2012 World Seniors Championship

FieldValue
tournament_name2012 World Seniors Championship
logo[[File:2012 World Seniors Championship poster.jpg200px]]
dates
venueMountbatten Centre
locationPortsmouth
countryEngland
organisationWPBSA
formatSeniors event
Total prize fund£50,000
winners_share£18,000
highest_breakENG Karl Townsend (86)
winnerENG Nigel Bond
runner_upWAL Tony Chappel
score2–0
previous2011
next2013

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.

Last 16

  • Saturday, 27 October – 13:00
    • WAL Darren Morgan 2–0 ENG Joe Johnson
    • NIR Dennis Taylor 0–2 ENG Nigel Bond
    • NZL Dene O'Kane 2–0 ENG Barry West
    • ENG Steve Davis 2–1 CAN Cliff Thorburn
  • Saturday, 27 October – 19:00
    • MLT Tony Drago 1–2 WAL Tony Chappel
    • ENG Karl Townsend 1–2 ENG Tony Knowles
    • CAN Alain Robidoux 2–0 ENG Les Dodd
    • ENG Jimmy White 2–0 ENG Mike Hallett

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

  • Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
    • ENG Nigel Bond 2–0 WAL 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.

Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames | RD1-team3=ENG Stephen Meakin | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-team4=IRL Dessie Sheehan | RD1-score4=0 | RD1-team5=SCO John Rea | RD1-score5=0 | RD1-team6=ENG Bill Oliver | RD1-score6=2 | RD1-team7=ENG Andrew Milliard | RD1-score7=0 | RD1-team8=ENG Les Dodd | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-team1=SCO Giulio Rae | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-team2=ENG Stephen Meakin | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-team3=ENG Bill Oliver | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-team4=ENG Les Dodd | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-team1=ENG Stephen Meakin | RD3-score1=1 | RD3-team2=ENG Les Dodd | RD3-score2=2 Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames | RD1-team1=IRL John Leahy | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-team2=ENG Steve Ventham | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-team3=ENG Gary Wilkinson | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-team4=ENG Dean Reynolds | RD1-score4=0 | RD1-team7=ENG Nigel Bond | RD1-score7=2 | RD1-team8=AUS Peter Williams | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-team1=ENG Steve Ventham | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-team2=ENG Gary Wilkinson | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-team3=ENG Steve James | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-team4=ENG Nigel Bond | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-team1=ENG Gary Wilkinson | RD3-score1=0 | RD3-team2=ENG Nigel Bond | RD3-score2=2 Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames | RD1-team1=ENG Gary Miller | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-team2=ENG Jimmy O'Shea | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-team3=ENG Dave Harold | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-team4=ENG Ian Brumby | RD1-score4=2 | RD1-team7=ENG Ashley Beal | RD1-score7=0 | RD1-team8=ENG Barry West | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-team1=ENG Gary Miller | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-team2=ENG Ian Brumby | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-team3=ENG David Roe | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-team4=ENG Barry West | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-team1=ENG Ian Brumby | RD3-score1=0 | RD3-team2=ENG Barry West | RD3-score2=2 Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames Best of 3 frames | RD1-team3=ENG Tony Brown | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-team4=IRL Patsy Fagan | RD1-score4=2 | RD1-team5=ENG Ian Barry Stark | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-team6=WAL Wayne Jones | RD1-score6=1 | RD1-team7=WAL Tony Chappel | RD1-score7=2 | RD1-team8=NED Stefan Mazrocis | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-team1=ENG Nigel Gilbert | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-team2=IRL Patsy Fagan | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-team3=ENG Ian Barry Stark | RD2-score3=1 | RD2-team4=WAL Tony Chappel | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-team1=IRL Patsy Fagan | RD3-score1=0 | RD3-team2=WAL Tony Chappel | RD3-score2=2

References

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