2011 World Seniors Championship


The 2011 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that took place between 5–6 November 2011 at the East of [England Agricultural Society#East of England Showground|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 Snooker|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.

Last 16

Saturday, 5 November – 13:00

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 6 November – 13:00

Semi-finals

Sunday, 6 November – 19:00

Final

Sunday, 6 November – 19:00

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.