Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Dale yana da kyakkyawar farawa ga kakar 2011-12 lokacin da ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na wasan farko,
Gasar Australian Goldfields Open. Da farko Dale ya kamata ya hadu da Ronnie O'Sullivan a zagaye na farko, amma saboda janyewar sa saboda dalilai na kiwon lafiya sai ya yi wasa da mai son Steve Mifsud kuma ya ci 5<unk>2. Daga nan sai ya doke Neil Robertson da aka fi so a gida a kan baki na ƙarshe a cikin nasara 5 <unk> 4 wanda ya ɗauki kusan awanni huɗu, kafin ya rasa Mark Williams a cikin wani yanke shawara na ƙarshe, wanda bai taɓa kasancewa a baya ba a wasan har zuwa ƙarshe.