2012 World Seniors Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–28 October 2012 |
| Venue | Mountbatten Centre |
| City | Portsmouth |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £50,000 |
| Winner's share | £18,000 |
| Highest break |  Karl Townsend (86) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Nigel Bond |
| Runner-up |  Tony Chappel |
| Score | 2–0 |
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The 2012 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship)[1] 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,[2] but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Nigel Bond.
Bond won in the final 2–0 against Tony Chappel.[3][4][5] Bond won 14 frames in a row by beating all of his opponents with 2–0.
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
- Winner: £18,000
- Runner-up: £8,000
- Semi-finalist: £4,000
- Quarter-finalist: £2,000
- Last 16: £1,000
- Total: £50,000[7]
Main draw
[edit]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.[8] The times for 27 October are BST and those for 28 October are GMT.[9][10][11][12][13] The highest break of the tournament was 86 made by Karl Townsend.[12]
Last 16
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Quarter-finals
[edit]- Sunday, 28 October – 13:00
Semi-finals
[edit]- Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
Final
[edit]- Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
Qualifying
[edit]These matches took place on 30 September 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[14][15][16] There was only one century break during the qualifying. Nigel Bond made a 101 against Gary Wilkinson.[17]
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
 Giulio Rae
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Meakin
| 2 | Stephen Meakin
| 2 | |||||||||||
 Dessie Sheehan
| 0 | Stephen Meakin
| 1 | |||||||||||
| John Rea
| 0 | Les Dodd
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Oliver
| 2 | Bill Oliver
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Milliard
| 0 | Les Dodd
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Les Dodd
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
| John Leahy
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Ventham
| 2 | Steve Ventham
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 2 | Gary Wilkinson
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 0 | Gary Wilkinson
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 2 | Nigel Bond
| 2 | |||||||||||
 Peter Williams
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
| Gary Miller
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy O'Shea
| 1 | Gary Miller
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Harold
| 0 | Ian Brumby
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Ian Brumby
| 2 | Ian Brumby
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Barry West
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| David Roe
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ashley Beal
| 0 | Barry West
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Barry West
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 3 frames | Round 3 Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
| Nigel Gilbert
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Brown
| 1 | Patsy Fagan
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
| 2 | Patsy Fagan
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Ian Barry Stark
| 2 | Tony Chappel
| 2 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Jones
| 1 | Ian Barry Stark
| 1 | |||||||||||
| Tony Chappel
| 2 | Tony Chappel
| 2 | |||||||||||
 Stefan Mazrocis
| 0 | |||||||||||||
References
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- ^ "Morgan Wins Senior Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Nigel Bond sees off Terry Chappel to win World Seniors Championship". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Bond yields nothing to win World Seniors title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Nigel Bond wins snooker's World Seniors Championship". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "2012 World Seniors Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "The Tour 2012/2013: Provisional prize money summary" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Portsmouth To Stage World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Draw and format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Davis to face Thorburn at World Seniors". Eurosport Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Bond Claims Seniors Title". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "2012 World Seniors Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw And Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Seniors Line-Up Complete". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers - Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.