Making waves in 40 years since girls' first Head of the Lake start

Melanie Whelan
February 22 2020 - 5:30am
FOUNDATION: Ballarat Grammar's Jill Coote (stroke for inaugural girls' firsts), Priscilla Herington (girls seconds' coach at the time) with Jess Hawker (girls' firsts stroke) and captain of boats Harriet Jones this week. Picture: Lachlan Bence
FOUNDATION: Ballarat Grammar's Jill Coote (stroke for inaugural girls' firsts), Priscilla Herington (girls seconds' coach at the time) with Jess Hawker (girls' firsts stroke) and captain of boats Harriet Jones this week. Picture: Lachlan Bence

SCHOOLGIRLS in Ballarat had been ready for this historic moment well before their call up to one of the town's biggest sporting events.

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Melanie Whelan

Melanie Whelan

Journalist

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