The 2024-2025 season has approached its half-way mark, and Matthew has been working hard to master his skills on the table. 

Following a six-month training stint in 2023 at Sweden’s prestigious AI Eslov BTK, Matthew made the decision to move to Germany’s 1.FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis training facility. Matthew spent the last year training hard under the expert guidance of coaches Josef Uhr and Jimmy Wang, vastly improving his skills on the table.

Matthew’s rise in his level showed most clearly in his German league results for TTF Illtal, the club he helped to promote the previous season to the professional Regionalliga (4^th division in Germany). Playing alongside and competing against fellow international competitors, Matthew boasted a 7:1 win record in the division, finishing in the top 3 of the league’s Player’s Average List (for team positions 3 and 4).

Following the New Year, Matthew has now returned to the UK, with plans to continue his playing career abroad, while also beginning his new adventure as a table tennis coach in the UK.

Matthew is also looking forward to co-hosting a two-day High Performance training camp alongside Waterside TTC Head Coach John Mcbeath, which is set to take place in April.