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 Simpson "Seven Days". Simpson later became a stand-in presenter for "Scotland Today" and latterly, the central edition of "STV News at Six", for which she was also a producer. She was also a stand-in presenter/producer for STV Central's online video blog, "(Not) The Real MacKay". Simpson left STV in 2011. Heather Simpson Heather Simpson (née McGinty) is a Scottish broadcast journalist and presenter, best known for her work for "STV News" in central Scotland. After studying English at university, Simpson worked for CSV Media, helping to produce a number of community programming. During her time at CSV, she joined Scottish Television