Open (sport) performance standards or eligibility criteria may apply in other sports. Opens are usually found in golf, tennis, bowling, badminton, quizbowl, fighting games, snooker, darts, volleyball, ultimate, squash and chess. Open (sport) An Open in sports terminology refers to a sporting event or game tournament that is open to contestants regardless of their professional or amateur status, age, ability, gender, sex, or other categorization. In many sports, preliminary qualifying events, open to all entrants, are held to successively reduce the field to a manageable number for participation in a final championship event, which itself may involve elimination rounds (tournaments). The term
Fiona Graham-Mackay Fiona Graham-Mackay Fiona Graham-Mackay ("nee" Fiona Margaret Bain born 24 February apparently at an unknown location 1956) is a British painter. She is known for her portraits of the British royal family. Graham-Mackay attended the Royal College of Art, where she studied under Quentin Blake. Her work has been featured on BBC, as she paints Andrew Motion. Graham-Mackay was chosen to paint the first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge. In 2012, she completed her portrait of Prince Michael of Kent. Graham-Mackay is also known for her portrait of Seamus Heaney, which was unveiled just before his death in