Tom Henry (bowls)

Tom Henry
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born1908 (1908)
Ballymoney, Ireland
Died3 March 2003(2003-03-03) (aged 94–95)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Badminton
ClubLondonderry BC
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1952 singles
Gold medal – first place 1952 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1960 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1968 fours
Gold medal – first place 1972 fours

Thomas Lyle Henry (1908 – 3 March 2003), was an international lawn bowler and badminton player from Northern Ireland, who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Henry, born in Ballymoney, Ireland, attended the Model School and St. James Church. He won honours at junior and senior level in badminton, winning the 1948 Scottish Open doubles with Frank Peard and earning 33 international caps.[1]

After his badminton career, he concentrated on lawn bowls and having previously moved to Derry in 1939,[1] he joined Londonderry Bowling Club, was capped by Ireland in 1948 and won the 1952 Irish National Bowls Championships singles and pairs title.[2]

Henry represented the 1958 Northern Irish team[3] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales[4] in the fours event, with Gerry Crossey, George Best and Jack Webb,[5] where the team finished in eighth place.[6]

He took a position with Edmiston and Co. in Shipquay Street, as a sports equipment manager and went on to win three more national titles, the pairs in 1960 and the fours in 1968 and 1972.[7] He died in 2003.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ronnie Harper looks at the sporting life of Derry's Tom Henry". Ireland's Saturday Night. 6 December 1975. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. ^ "Bowls Rink for Empire Games". Belfast Telegraph. 6 March 1958. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Bowls". Daily Mirror. 25 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 138-140. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  8. ^ "TL was the joker in the pack". Ireland's Saturday Night. 8 March 2003. p. 30. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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