[1][2][3][4] He moved to the Australian Capital Territory[1][2] to live closer to Karina Wallace-Bourne, his girlfriend who is a teacher.

[2] Masonwells started in the sport he was thirteen years old, "when his father made him a timber bow to take to a medieval fair and he couldn't resist continuing to use it at his grandparents' farm.

[1][2][5] In 2002, he was part of the Australian team that competed at the World Junior Championships in the cadet male recurve event.

[2] At the invitation only competition, he was scouted by Simon Fairweather of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).

[9] In September 2011, Masonwells was named to the Australian archery shadow Olympic team.

To make the Games, he needed to qualify at the World Cup event in Ogden, Utah.