Born 7 March 1985, Romford-based Matt has been a regular at the Grove club for many years.

Matt’s currently enjoying his best ever season with a current provisional ranking of 48. He made an important breakthrough at the start of the 2009/2010 season by reaching the last 32 of the Shanghai Masters by winning four qualifying matches, ending with a 5-4 victory over Steve Davis. There he faced John Higgins, losing 5-2.

He also impressed at the Grand Prix, by recovering from 0-4 against Jordan Brown to win 5-4 and going on to beat Jimmy White, Stuart Pettman and Fergal O’Brien to reach the final stages of a tournament for the second time in succession. There he was drawn against Stephen Hendry who beat him 5-2.