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
Heather Kemkaran Heather Kemkaran Heather Kemkaran-Antymniuk (born August 2, 1958) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is the 1977 Vienna Trophy champion, the 1977 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, and a two-time Canadian national champion (1978, 1980). She competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Heather Kemkaran was born on August 2, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is now known as Kemkaran-Antymniuk and works as a lawyer. Kemkaran started skating at age three on an outdoor rink in Strathclair. She was coached at age 11 by Gordon Linney at the Winnipeg Winter Club and at