Marty lives in Rockingham, Western Australia, and works as a despatch clerk for a brushware company. He learned to play croquet through a social club in 1992 when living in Geraldton. Since then, Marty has won every major Western Australian event at least twice.
On the National scene, he won the Australian Open Singles in 2003, two Australian Doubles titles, and the Australian Gold Medal. Marty has also played one Trans Tasman Test Series and this will be his fourth MacRobertson Shield campaign.