Sydney chairman Richard Colless to stand down at the end of the season. Picture: Sam Mooy Source: Herald Sun
RESPECTED Sydney chairman Richard Colless will stand down at the end of the season sighting "no particular reason" for his departure.
Colless, the league's longest serving club chairman, joined the Swans in 1993.
"There is no particular reason for this decision other than the old adage that it is probably ‘about time’," Colless told the club's website.
"I want to place on record how indebted I am for the support of the hundreds, but probably thousands of people, over the last 20 years. It has been truly remarkable."
Under Colless's reign the Swans have won two premierships and become a mainstay in the NRL-dominant Sydney sporting landscape.
Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland paid tribute to Colless.
"Richard’s contribution to the Club, spanning 20 years, has been quite remarkable,” he said.
"He has shown a unique ability to understand how a membership based club playing in Australia’s premier sporting competition, in the nation’s most competitive sporting market, best operates.
"Above all else, he has an unwavering passion for the Club, the game and its history,” Ireland said.
Colless was the inaugural chairman of the West Coast Eagles before taking the helm at Sydney.
He was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2006 for services to Australian Rules football.
Colless will step aside in February at the club's annual general meeting.
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