Henry Tam Explained

Henry Tam
Country:New Zealand
Birth Date:1988 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:37 (MD 26 August 2010)
25 (XD 15 July 2010)
Bwf Id:094AE460-B126-419F-AA2E-522BBB5C89A5

Henry Tam (born 24 June 1988) is a former New Zealand badminton player representing New Zealand from 2004 - 2010. He competed at the Bendigo 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games and Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1] His most notable title was in 2008, where he won the mixed doubles title at the Oceania Championships in Nouméa, New Caledonia with Donna Haliday.[2] In addition to his 5 international titles in the mixed doubles, his other notable achievements was a run of five consecutive New Zealand National men's doubles titles during 2010–2014.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia Nathan Hannam Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
13–21, 18–21 Silver
2010Stadium Southland, Invercargill Oliver Leydon-Davis Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
19–21, 12–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Lianne Shirley Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
10–21, 8–21 Bronze
2008Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia Donna Haliday Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell
16–21, 21–19, 21–17 Gold
2010Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand Donna Haliday Glenn Warfe
Kate Wilson-Smith
11–21, 10–21 Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Mixed doubles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006North Harbour International Joe Wu Craig Cooper
Daniel Shirley
11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2007North Shore City International Nathan Hannam Alan Chan
John Moody
21–18, 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2009Nouméa International Oliver Leydon-Davis Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Joe Wu
21–17, 22–24, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Waikato International Donna Haliday Naomasa Senkyo
Misaki Matsutomo
21–13, 21–18 Winner
2008North Shore City International Donna Haliday Joe Wu
Danielle Barry
21–14, 21–12 Winner
2009Victoria International Donna Haliday Raj Veeran
Renuga Veeran
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2009Nouméa International Donna Haliday Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Louise McKenzie
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2009Cyprus International Donna Haliday Richard Vaughan
Sarah Thomas
21–18, 21–14 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes: Henry Tam . . 27 December 2017 .
  2. News: New Zealand wins four titles at Oceania Champs . . 27 December 2017 . 4 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190204231306/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1065-0-0-0&sID=13337&articleID=5057547&news_task=DETAIL . dead .