1955 Singapore Open

1955 Singapore Open 4 October 1955–22 November 1955 22nd Singapore Badminton Hall Geylang, Singapore Ong Poh Lim Colony of Singapore Helen Heng Colony of Singapore Ismail Marjan Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim Colony of Singapore Helen Heng Colony of Singapore Baby Low Colony of Singapore Teoh Peng Hooi Colony of Singapore Lau Hui Huang Colony of Singapore 1954 1956 The 1955 Singapore Open, also known as the 1955 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 4 October – 22 November 1955 at the Singapore Badminton Hall in Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties being played on the 4th of Octoberhttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19551004-1.2.99 Shuttle Tourney Begins The Singapore Free Press 4 October 1955 and the last (mixed doubles final) was played on the 22nd of November.https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19551123-1.2.150 Poh Lim Foiled in Bid for 'triple' The Straits Times 23 November 1955https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19551120-1.2.117 Poh Lim retains 2 titles The Straits Times 20 November 1955https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/singstandard19551116-1.1.13 Poh Lim Survives a Shock: This Robert is Good Singapore Standard 16 November 1955 subscriptionhttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/singstandard19551103-1.1.13 Helen Still Rules Singapore Standard 3 November 1955 subscription In the same year, Wee Kim Wee was elected as the president of SBA and he promised to look into the opening of existing annual championships to overseas players, i.e., that of All-England and U.S. championships after a proposal raised by an association member was turned down by the previous committee.https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550417-1.2.138 Wee Kim Wee elected SBA president on 31-27 vote The Straits Times 17 April 1955 Final results CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singlesColony of Singapore Ong Poh LimColony of Singapore Omar Ibrahim15–8, 15–5Women's singlesColony of Singapore Helen HengColony of Singapore Baby Low11–3, 11–5Men's doublesColony of Singapore Ismail Marjan & Ong Poh LimColony of Singapore Robert Lim & Lim Wei Lon 15–7, 15–7Women's doublesColony of Singapore Helen Heng & Baby Low Colony of Singapore Eunice de Souza & Jessie Ong13–15, 15–7, 15–4Mixed doublesColony of Singapore Teoh Peng Hooi & Lau Hui Huang Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim & Vivienne Puckridge 15–8, 7–15, 18–13 References Category:Singapore Open (badminton) Category:1955 in badminton