The 34-year-old pool ace helped a New Zealand representative team defeat Australia 450-383 in a transtasman 8-ball and 9-ball series in Melbourne in mid-April.
He won nine of his 12 matches and was named most valuable player at the tournament.
Earlier this month, he claimed the South Island title with an 8-3 win over Dunedin's Sam Chin.
Amazingly, he does not even have his own cue, preferring instead to use a house cue - you know, those warped, buckled sticks with the tip usually missing.
They are usually stowed in the corner and rightly snubbed by any pool player worth his salt.
But not by Marlow. The Englishman grew up playing pool and used what was on offer to get the job done. He has his favourite cue, of course. But he is adamant a good pool player "doesn't blame his tools".
"You do have to play with something you feel comfortable with," he acknowledged.
"And the best cue that I've found here in New Zealand is one of Sammy's [Cue Room] local rack cues. So I don't own my own cue and I believe ... a good workman can use anything."
Marlow, who is New Zealand's No 1 ranked pool player, moved to Dunedin from the United Kingdom in 2006.
"I've had what they call a missspent youth, and as long as I could stand over a pool table I've been playing.
"I left the UK about five years ago and am currently going through the process of getting permanent residency."
The southpaw won the national 8-ball title in 2009 and will contest the nationals in Auckland in June this year.
Ultimately, Marlow would like to represent New Zealand at world championship events once he is eligible to play for his adopted country.
In the meantime, the credit manager practises up to four times each week by playing the best players in the region.
He idolised six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis when he was growing up and just loves the sport he describes as "chess with balls".
"It is a very strategic game. I have a mathematical mind, so the geometry and maths which comes into it I find appealing."
