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 Melville Heather Melville Heather Patricia Melville (born 1962) is a British banker, the Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives of Royal Bank of Scotland. In September 2016, Heather Melville CCMI was appointed to the Board and as Chair of the Advisory Committee for 'CMI Women', Chartered Management Institute. Melville is a diversity, inclusion leader and founder and Global Chair of RBS Focused Women's Network. She is recognised in Financial Times 2016 inaugural UPstanding100 Executive BAME Power List (UK & US) and Financial Times 2017 EMpower 100 ethnic minority leaders 100. In 2017 Heather was recognised with an