I was born on 26th September 1987 in Holles Street Hospital in Dublin. From the time I arrived, I am reliably informed, I had an abundance of energy and slept very little :-)

I started playschool aged 2 and continued into Taney National School at the age of 4. Here, I was not considered a shy child, nor was I interested in sitting still for very long! I used my extensive energies in playing football and hockey.

At this time, I also started playing badminton with my brother Lee, who was a great inspiration to me with my game. From then on i filled my days with sport and not a lot of school work so from a young age i new that my future would be in sport.

I moved to Wesley when I was 12 and here continued with badminton, hockey and to a lesser extent at this stage football.

Eventually, when trials for Irish U16 hockey and weekend badminton tournaments became too much, I had to make my choice and go with one sport – badminton was the one.

I had won the Leinster U19 Open at the age of 14 and my 1st Senior Singles title at the age of 17. From that point on i felt that badminton was the way I wanted to go and I new that if I wanted to take it to the next level I would have to move away from Ireland as Ireland was not a possibility to train full-time. I soon got my first internation cap for ireland playing in the Thomas Cup in Greece at the age of 17. To date I have 36 caps for my country.In January 2005 I moved to Copenhagen in Denmark, and this was hard at 1st as I missed my family and friends and had to make a complete new life for myself in a new country.

I played for a time with Greve BC under the guidance of Michael Kjeldsen, and then moved to Gentofte BC, where I am based today under the guidance of my Coach Jim Laugesen. In August 2008, I represented Ireland in the Olympics in Beijing. I was the 1st Irish male to gain a place in the Olympics. So far in my career I have beaten quite a few players inside the top 15 in the world.