Want a life lesson? Bring in compulsory school sport | From the Press Box with Melanie Whelan

Updated August 24 2018 - 10:18am, first published 10:00am
TRADITION: AFL 300-gamer Drew Petrie played a lot of representative football in his junior days but says there is something special about playing for your school. Picture: St Patrick's College
TRADITION: AFL 300-gamer Drew Petrie played a lot of representative football in his junior days but says there is something special about playing for your school. Picture: St Patrick's College

HEAD down to the spit in for Boat Race and you will feel how well Ballarat students generate school pride – on and off the water. There is a strong community vibe about Ballarat Associated Schools’ Head of the Lake regatta which, now back on Lake Wendouree, has built up to feature seven school across sociodemographics.

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