Matthew has been a member of the under 20 GBR squad and is ranked 7th in the UK in under 20's at the start of this season.

 

He won the British Youth Championships in 2016 and came 2nd in 2014. He also picked up a gold in the English Youth Championships in 2011.

 

Matt has been a member of the British fencing talent program and international under 17 squad since he was 12.  He also won the LPJS junior series 2 years in a row.

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He has coached at numerous competitions for ZFW since 2016 while finishing his time in school and has been coached by Ziemek for over 10 years. He is currently completing his first coaching degree while aiming to start getting podium positions at under 20 world cups.

 

He is mainly at the club on Thursdays and Fridays, and also strip-coaches at competitions.