1 in the world at mixed doubles during 1993 and represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games in Barcelona and Atlanta.

[1] He won the mixed doubles event at the 1994 All England Open Badminton Championships with Joanne Wright.

He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Clark.

He represented England and won a gold medal in the mixed team event and a bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Joanne Wright, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

[2][3][4] Ponting still plays competitive badminton and currently represents England on the International Masters circuit winning multiple National and All England Masters titles in singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.