2016 World Seniors Championship

2016 World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates	30–31 January 2016
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Seniors event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£18,000
Highest break	Dominic Dale (104)
Final
Champion	England Mark Davis
Runner-up	Darren Morgan
Score	2–1
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888sport World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season.^[1]

The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round.

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

Field

Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying and went directly into the last 16.^[2]

Nigel Bond - 2012 World Seniors Champion
Ken Doherty - 1997 World Champion
Peter Ebdon - 2002 World Champion
Joe Johnson - 1986 World Champion
Darren Morgan - 2011 World Seniors Champion
John Parrott - 1991 World Champion
Jimmy White - 2010 World Seniors Champion
Mark Williams - 2000, 2003 World Champion, 2015 World Seniors Champion

Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on 23 December 2015.^[3] The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis after the previous round had finished. The last-16 round was played on 30 January with the quarter-finals on the afternoon of 31 January and the semi-finals and final on the same evening.

Last 16 Best of 3 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames		Semi-finals Best of 3 frames		Final Best of 3 frames

England Mark Davis	2

Ken Doherty	1
		England Mark Davis	2

		England Robert Milkins	0
England Robert Milkins	2

Tony Drago	0
				England Mark Davis	2

				England Rory McLeod	0
England Rory McLeod	2

Fergal O'Brien	1
		England Rory McLeod	2

		England Nigel Bond	1
England Nigel Bond	2

England Peter Ebdon	0
						England Mark Davis	2

						Darren Morgan	1
England Jimmy White	2

England Gary Lees	0
		England Jimmy White	2

		Dominic Dale	0
Dominic Dale	2

England John Parrott	0
				England Jimmy White	0

				Darren Morgan	2
England Anthony Hamilton	2

Mark Williams	1
		England Anthony Hamilton	1

		Darren Morgan	2
Darren Morgan	2

England Joe Johnson	0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: . Guild Hall, Preston, England, 31 January 2016.^{[citation needed]}
Darren Morgan Wales	1–2	Mark Davis File:Flag of England.svg England
15–62, 70–30 (55), 0–81 (76)
55	Highest break	76
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying

These matches were played on 21 and 22 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.^[1]

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

England Barry Pinches

1

England Jamie Bodle

2

England Jamie Bodle

2

England Peter Donegan

0

England Clive A Bernstone

1

England Peter Donegan

2

England Jamie Bodle

0

Dominic Dale

2

Dominic Dale

w/o

England Nicky Lazarus

w/d

Dominic Dale

2

Paul McPhillips

0

England Shane Haines

0

Paul McPhillips

2

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

England Tony Knowles

0

England Mark Davis

2

England Jason Weston

0

England Mark Davis

2

England Mark Davis

2

John Rea

0

John Rea

w/o

England Stuart Parnell

w/d

England Mark Davis

2

England Gary Wilkinson

0

England John Welsh

2

England Stephen Rowlings

1

England John Welsh

0

England Gary Wilkinson

2

Paul Burrell

1

England Gary Wilkinson

2

Round 1 Best of 3 frames		Round 2 Best of 3 frames		Round 3 Best of 3 frames		Round 4 Best of 3 frames

		Craig MacGillivray	2

		England Barry Stark	0



				Craig MacGillivray	0

				England Robert Milkins	2



		England Robert Milkins	2

		Paul Moss	0



						England Robert Milkins	2

						England Les Dodd	0



		England Les Dodd	2

		England Peter Delaney	0



				England Les Dodd	2

				David McLellan	0
England Gary Miller	2

Dessie Sheehan	0
		David McLellan	2

		England Gary Miller	0

Round 1 Best of 3 frames	Round 2 Best of 3 frames		Round 3 Best of 3 frames		Round 4 Best of 3 frames

	England Shaun Wilkes	0

	England Julian Mills	2



			England Julian Mills	0

			England Mark King	2



	England Mark King	2

	England Leigh Robinson	1



					England Mark King	1

					England Gary Lees	2



	England Adrian Rosa	0

	England Gary Lees	2



			England Gary Lees	2

			Darren Thompson	0



	Darren Thompson	2

	England Anthony Harris	0

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

England Peter J Bardsley

2

England John Fox

1

England Peter J Bardsley

0

England Anthony Hamilton

2

England Andrew Milliard

0

England Anthony Hamilton

2

England Anthony Hamilton

2

Tony Chappel

0

Tony Chappel

2

England Imran Puri

0

Tony Chappel

2

Jamie Burnett

1

England Dean Reynolds

0

Jamie Burnett

2

Patsy Fagan

w/d

Jamie Burnett

w/o

Round 1 Best of 3 frames		Round 2 Best of 3 frames		Round 3 Best of 3 frames		Round 4 Best of 3 frames

		England Robert Marshall	1

		England Peter Lines	2
Gerard Greene	0

England Peter Lines	2
				England Peter Lines	2

				Joe Swail	1



		England Mike Dunn	0

		Joe Swail	2



						England Peter Lines	0

						Tony Drago	2



		Guilio Rea	0

		Scott MacFarlane	2



				Scott MacFarlane	1

				Tony Drago	2



		England David Craggs	1

		Tony Drago	2

Round 1 Best of 3 frames		Round 2 Best of 3 frames		Round 3 Best of 3 frames		Round 4 Best of 3 frames

		England Wayne Brown	2

		Richard Somauroo	0



				England Wayne Brown	2

				England Steven Gough	0



		England Steven Gough	2

		England Ian Brumby	0
England Ian Brumby	2

England Jamie Rous	1
						England Wayne Brown	0

						Fergal O'Brien	2



		Fergal O'Brien	2

		England Johnathan Bagley	1



				Fergal O'Brien	2

				England Sean Lanigan	0



		England Sean Lanigan	2

		England Steve Meakin	0

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

England Karl Townsend

1

England Geoff Williams

2

England Geoff Williams

0

England Rod Lawler

2

England Rod Lawler

2

Lee Walker

1

England Rod Lawler

1

England Rory McLeod

2

England Gary Filtness

w/d

England Rory McLeod

w/o

England Rory McLeod

2

England Darryn Walker

1

England Ashley Beal

0

England Darryn Walker

2

Centuries

Main event centuries

104 – Dominic Dale

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Qualifying stage centuries

116 – Lee Walker

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2016 World Seniors Championship

Contents

Prize fund

Field

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Centuries

Main event centuries

Qualifying stage centuries

References

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Tournament information
Dates	30–31 January 2016 (2016-01-30 – 2016-01-31)
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Seniors event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£18,000
Highest break	Dominic Dale (104)
Final
Champion	England Mark Davis
Runner-up	Darren Morgan
Score	2–1
← 2015 2017 →

2016 World Seniors Championship

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References

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