Dale akatanga zvakanaka mumwaka wake wa2011-12 paakasvika kumaquarter-fainari emutambo wekutanga, Australian Goldfields Open
. Dale pakutanga aifanira kusangana naRonnie O'Sullivan mumutambo wokutanga, asi nekuda kwekubva kwake nekuda kwezvikonzero zvehutano akatamba neamateur Steve Mifsud uye akakunda 5<unk>2. Akabva akunda Neil Robertson pamutambo wekupedzisira wevatema mukukunda kwe5 <unk> 4 kwakatora maawa mana, asati arohwa naMark Williams mune imwe sarudzo yekupedzisira, asina kumbobvira asara mumutambo kusvika kumagumo.