2012 World Seniors Championship

Not to be confused with 2012 World Senior Curling Championships.

2012 World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	27–28 October 2012 (2012-10-27 – 2012-10-28)
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

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

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

Saturday, 27 October – 13:00 Darren Morgan 2–0 Joe Johnson Dennis Taylor 0–2 Nigel Bond Dene O'Kane 2–0 Barry West Steve Davis 2–1 Cliff Thorburn

Saturday, 27 October – 19:00 Tony Drago 1–2 Tony Chappel Karl Townsend 1–2 Tony Knowles Alain Robidoux 2–0 Les Dodd Jimmy White 2–0 Mike Hallett

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

• Sunday, 28 October – 19:00
  • Nigel Bond 2–0 Tony Chappel

Qualifying

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

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