Ben Smith (curler)

[3] At the 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships, with Simon Neilson skipping again, the team finished fifth overall, with a 4–3 record, and losing in the quarterfinals.

There, the team finished pool play with a 5–2 record, and went on to win all three of their playoff games to claim the gold medal.

[6] At the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished with a 3–6 record, in 8th place,[7][8] relegating their country to the B event, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pair only played in one game, losing to Lee Ji-young of South Korea and Johan Nygren of Sweden.

[12] Playing third on the Anton Hood rink, Smith won the New Zealand Men's Curling Championship in 2020.