Following his retirement from the Police Service, he undertook several jobs to subsidise his income while he climbed his way up the Professional Refereeing ladder.

He refereed his first World Ranking final in January 1998 at the Regal Welsh tournament in Newport, Monmouthshire where the late Paul Hunter won his first Ranking event title, defeating John Higgins by 9 frames to 5.

Williams was raised in a small mining village called Cynheidre in the Gwendraeth Valley in South Wales, but now lives five miles away in Llanelli.

He has three children, Geraint, Rhian and Bethan together with seven granddaughters, Evie, Amelia, Aylah, Alis, Gracie, Elsie and Mila.

Since 2007, he has been utilising his spare time by Volunteer driving with the Welsh Ambulance Service, transporting patients to medical appointments and procedures around the UK.