{"id":139,"date":"2020-11-20T02:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T03:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:22:23","slug":"super-netball-chief-chris-symington-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Super Netball chief Chris Symington steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suncorp Super Netball Chief Executive Chris Symington has today announced he will step down from the role to focus on his family life.<\/p>\n<p>Symington joined Suncorp Super Netball in 2018, leading the league as Executive General Manager of Events for one year before becoming the competition&#x27;s CEO for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows Netball Australia CEO, Marne Fechner&#x27;s decision to leave the top role at Netball Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Symington said the time was right for him to step aside and focus on his family after guiding the league into an internationally revered competition ahead of the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My wife and I have recently welcomed twin girls into our family, so it&#x27;s time I take a step back and spend this special time with my wife and four beautiful daughters,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6206554263001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2020\/11\/324146\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"The Sporting Bubble Documentary \" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckh19cin200010hkc7y5nkpu7\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Being a part of Suncorp Super Netball for the past three years is something I&#x27;m immensely proud of \u2013 Suncorp Super Netball is more than just a sport or entertainment product, it showcases the incredible strength and skill of the athletes week in, week out, and these women inspire young girls around Australia and the world.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I look forward to watching the Suncorp Super Netball action with my daughters for years to come.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Super Netball League Commission Chair Marina Go thanked Symington for his service to the league after joining in just its second year as a national competition,<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Chris has worked tirelessly during his time in netball to ensure that Suncorp Super Netball remained the world&#x27;s premier netball competition, and most recently leading the league to be the first major sporting code to complete a full season following the COVID break,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7a24defd-e6e8-42ce-9028-661ef98b5199\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7a24defd-e6e8-42ce-9028-661ef98b5199\" alt=\"Super Netball Grand Final - Vixens v Fever\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We thank him for his incredible contribution to the league and netball as a whole over the past three years and wish him, Kylie and the girls all the best during this exciting time in their life.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Symington will continue to work on a number of key projects \u2013 including the current broadcast re-negotiations \u2013 before leaving on Thursday 10 December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Suncorp Super Netball Chief Executive Chris Symington has today announced he will step down from the role to focus on his family life.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}