Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin 2011-12 ya kasance wani nau'i ne na shekara mai ban mamaki ga Gilbert yayin da ya kai na karshe 16 a cikin wasanni biyu na wasanni na farko a karon farko. Ya tafi daga zagaye na farko na zagaye na zagaye na farko na gasar farko ta shekara, Australian Goldfields Open
, ta doke Passakorn Suwannawat 5<unk>4, Alfie Burden 5<unk>2, Dave Harold 5<unk>4 da Mark King 5<unk>0 don kafa wasan zagaye na wildcard a wurin da James Mifsud, wanda daga baya aka canza shi zuwa wasan 32 na ƙarshe saboda janyewar Graeme Dott. Gilbert ya ci 5-1 don saduwa da Mark Williams a cikin 16 na ƙarshe, kuma an doke shi 2-5.