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
James Mackay (actor) James Mackay (actor) James Wilson Mackay (born 20 July 1984) is an Australian actor known for playing Steven Carrington in the "Dynasty" reboot series. Mackay attended Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia, where he first started acting in school plays. Mackay studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history and English literature, before training as an actor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth. In 2013 Mackay played Irwin in the Alan Bennett play "The History Boys" at the Sydney Opera House, alongside John Wood, Heather Mitchell and Paul Goddard. In