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Masters / Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)

Brief History of Seniors Snooker

The first ever World Championship for senior players was held in 1991. Sixteen over 40s gathered at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent most of whom were still actively playing on the main circuit and indeed it was two of the three highest ranked players who fought out the final with Cliff Wilson edging Eddie Charlton 5-4. The event was not repeated for nearly 20 years but was revived in 2010.

There was a serious attempt to establish a Senior’s Tour in 2000. One event was held, the World Seniors Masters at the RAC Club in London but plans for a World Championship ended when neither sponsorship nor television coverage could be secured.

In the non-professional game a European Seniors event began running in conjunction with the Men’s European Championship in 2000 and in 2004 the IBSF added a seniors’ event at their world championship, the first two of which was won by New Zealand’s former world number 18, Dene O’Kane. In 2006 the event was re-named the IBSF Masters World Championship and the EBSA followed suit. A European Masters Team Championship began in 2004. The IBSF held their first World Team Championship for Seniors in 2006 but to date it has not been repeated.

World Seniors Championship

Year	Venue	Sponsor	Winner	Runner Up	Score	1st Prize
1991	Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent	Matchroom	Cliff Wilson	Eddie Charlton	5-4	£16,000
2010	Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford	Wyldecrest Park Homes	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	4-1	£20,000
2011	East of England Showground, Peterborough	Wyldecrest Park Homes	Darren Morgan	Steve Davis	2-1	£18,000

World Seniors Masters

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Score	1st Prize
2000	RAC Club, London	Willie Thorne	Cliff Thorburn	84-8*	£10,000

* Single Frame Event
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IBSF World Masters Championship

Year	Venue	Winner		Runner Up		Score
2004	Velthoven, Holland	Dene O'Kane	NZL	Eugene Hughes	IRL	5-2
2005	Manama, Bahrain	Dene O'Kane	NZLa	Joe Delaney	IRL	5-4
2006	Amman, Jordan	Mohammed Yousuf	PAK	Glen Wilkinson	AUS	5-4
2007	Korat, Thailand	Darren Morgan	WAL	Kamchai Wongjan	THA	5-1
2008	Wels, Austria	Dene O'Kane	NZL	Geet Sethi	IND	5-1
2009	Hyderabad, India	Darren Morgan	WAL	Dene O'Kane	NZL	6-0
2009	Damascus, Syria	Phil Williams	WAL	Chuchart Trairattanapradit	THA	6-4

IBSF World Masters Team Championship

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Score
2006	San Jose, California, USA	England	India 'A'	5-2

Year	Venue	Winner		Runner Up		Score
2000	Stirling, Scotland	Joe Delaney	IRL	John Caven	SCO	5-2
2001	Riga, Latvia	Eugene Hughes	IRL	Joe Delaney	IRL	6-3
2002	Kalisz, Poland	Ron Jones	WAL	Eugene Hughes	IRL	6-1
2003	Bad Wildungen, Germany	Ron Jones	WAL	Joe Delaney	IRL	6-4
2004	Volkermarkt, Austria	Alan Trigg	ENG	Ron Jones	WAL	6-4
2005	Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland	Michael Maguire	SCO	Eugene Hughes	IRL	6-2
2006	Constanta, Romania	Jyri Virtanen	FIN	Kimmo Lang	FIN	6-4
2007	Carlow, Ireland	Darren Morgan	WAL	Kieran McMahon	NIR	6-2
2008	Lublin, Poland	Alan Trigg	ENG	Kieran McMahon	NIR	6-4
2009	Duffel, Belgium	Darren Morgan	WAL	Joe Delaney	IRL	6-3
2010	Bucharest, Romania	Darren Morgan	WAL	Joe Delaney	IRL	6-0
2011	Sofia, Bulgaria	Steve Judd	ENG	Alan Trigg	UKR	6-4

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner Up	Score
2004	Riga, Latvia	Ireland	Scotland	7-5
2005	Qawra, Poland	England	Scotland	7-1
2006	Carlow, Ireland	England	Finland	8-1
2007	Gent, Belgium	Wales	Malta	7-3
2008	Glasgow, Scotland	Wales	Ireland	8-0
2009	St. Petersburg, Russia	Wales	Ireland	7-2
2010	Qawra, Poland	Wales	Malta 2	7-0
2011	Qawra, Poland	Malta	England	7-5