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 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. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Nigel Bond made a 101 against Gary Wilkinson.
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