Tom Henry

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.

After his badminton career, he concentrated on lawn bowls and having previously moved to Derry in 1939,

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

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. He died in 2003.