The Evolution
Pro Athlete Supplementation was formed as a result of a successful winning partnership between Jon Williams and Darren Campbell. Jon was responsible for Darren’s nutrition during the last 10 years of his career where he amassed his gold and silver medals. At the time when Darren was close to retirement Jon suggested that they form a company to develop the most effective sports nutrition products for professional athletes, football and rugby players. Hence PAS was formed. Working within professional sport over the last ten years Jon always wanted a better option to give athletes, explains Darren. When you are there with the athlete and the drug testers turn up you want to know 100% that the products they are taking are free from contamination. At one point everyone just avoided products that were on the banned list, no one thought products that we could buy off the shelf could be a problem, I was lucky Jon looked after me to ensure we worked with good companies, however Jon said that the only way we can fully guarantee is if we make the products ourselves. Today we source the raw materials, we blend the product in our clean room and we test every batch with HFL. Now we can have total confidence in saying our product is safe.
Jon Williams BSc, Registered Nutritionist- Director
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- Current Roles
- Welsh Rugby Union – National Squad Nutritionist
- Bolton Wanderers FC – 1st team Nutritionist
- Cardiff Blues
- Gwent Dragons
Jon has been working as a sports nutritionist since graduating from the University of Wales in 1997.
Previous clubs include West Bromwich Albion FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Cardiff City FC, Doncaster Rovers FC, Hereford FC, Cheltenham Town FC, Oxford United FC.
Jon has guest lectured the Masters in Sports Nutrition at UWIC, performed nutrition seminars with the RAF, Ministry of Defence and the British Army.
Darren Campbell MBE- Director
• 100m in 10.04, Hungary, 1998
• 200m in 20.13, Australia 2000
• 1997 – 1st European Champs
• 1998 – 1st Commonwealth Games
• 1999 – Silver at Sydney Olympics
• 2000 – European Cup – 1st
• 2004 – Gold at Athens Olympics 4x100m relay
• 2006 – European Champs – 1st (relay)
Darren’s aim following retirement was to maintain involvement in professional sport, to be able to help other athletes achieve their goals, the sprint training consultancy that he provides to football and rugby players (Andy Johnson and Mark Cueto to name just two) and his role with PAS fulfils this ambition.
Darren’s main priority was to ensure the products were safe for all drug tested athletes, since day one all products have been batch screened at HFL to ensure they contain no banned substances. We have been actively involved with HFL and the development of the Informed Sport testing protocol and are fully committed to its widespread application in professional sport.
Ed Tooley BSc. (Hons)
Ed has recently joined TEAM PAS. Ed is a Sports Science graduate of Swansea University. Since graduating, Ed spent a season with the Ospreys where his focus was nutrition, hydration and recovery. During the 2009 6 Nations campaign, Ed worked closely with Jon at the Wales training headquarters ensuring the player’s nutrition needs were met. Ed will be the main point of contact for athletes’, football and rugby clubs while undertaking the role of National Academy Nutritionist for the Welsh Rugby Union.
Current Roles
- Gloucester RFC 1st Team & Academy Nutritionist
- Llanelli Scarlets RFC Academy Nutritionist
- Wigan Warriors RLFC 1st Team & Academy Nutritionist
- WRU Womens Under 20's squad Nutritionist
Cory Richards MSc, BA (Hons)- Director of Sales & Marketing
Cory is the latest addition to TEAM PAS. He has a proven Sales & Marketing record in several different industries along with knowledge, strong passion and enthusiasm for sports and business. During his time in University, he completed his BA (Hons) Marketing degree along with his MSc Marketing Masters Award where he achieved a Distinction for his research on the effect of David Beckham’s endorsements and sponsorship contracts on future consumer spending.
Cory is responsible for all PAS branding and marketing along with promotion of sales within the company, athlete and club management.
Dr. Liam Kilduff, PhD
Dr Kilduff is a lecturer and researcher in strength & conditioning and nutritional ergogneic aids at Swansea University. He completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow and it examined the effect of Creatine supplementation on body composition and strength development in a range of subject populations. Since completing his PhD he has gained 10 years experience working within professional sport and acts as a sports science consultant to Premiership and championship football teams, professional rugby players and athletes in numerous other sports.
Dr Kilduff has published over 25 papers in peer reviewed journals on the areas of sports supplements and power development in professional athletes and sits on the editorial board of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Journal as well as the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. Dr Kilduff is a regular contributed to various scientific conferences and has delivered keynote presentations in his research area.
TEAM PAS are pleased to welcome Dr Kilduff as our head of scientific advisory panel. He will be responsible for monitoring the very latest development in sports nutrition and sports science throughout the world, as well as conducting clinical trials on existing and new products.