Born: Ballarat on July 24, 1986.

Husband: Adam. Children: Willow.

Parents: Leanne and Wayne Clark. Siblings: Simone and Amanda.

Education: Lake Bolac Primary School before going to Lake Bolac P12 College.

Sporting highlight: Winning the first A grade netball premiership for Wickliffe-Lake Bolac in 2014.

Brooke, which side did Wickliffe-Lake Bolac defeat to win the 2014 A grade netball premiership?

We defeated Lismore-Derrinallum.

We finished fifth on the ladder at the end of the home and away season so no one gave us a chance of winning the flag.

We won our first final by seven goals before winning the preliminary final by one and then went on to win the flag by eight goals.

I played in the goal defence for most of that season.

I suppose my involvement in netball stemmed from my mother.

My dad Wayne coached footy at Woorndoo and my mum was involved in the netball with the club.

I started off playing in the under 12s with Wickliffe-Lake Bolac and worked my way through the various grades.

The funny thing about my netball career is my two siblings and I look much the same and often umpires and opposition players have got us confused. My netball career took a change in 2015.

What was the career change in 2015?

I decided to go and play netball with Camperdown.

The reason for the change from Wickliffe-Lake Bolac was because I wanted to challenge my netball ability.

I had a couple of friends playing at Camperdown so I chose to go there to play.

Leah Sinnott was the senior coach at Camperdown in my first year with the club. We were defeated by North Warrnambool in the grand final.

I had to pinch myself that I was playing in a senior netball grand final in the Hampden league.

It was a wonderful experience to play in a grand final in my first season with Camperdown.

I've found the netball in the Hampden league is very strong. It's very quick and is a great competition.

How did you go in 2016?

I never played in 2016. I was having our child Willow. I still went to a few games.

I was asked to go to the Hampden league netball grand final in that year between Camperdown and Port Fairy.

I had to present the Peta Richardson medal for the best netball player on the court.

I made a comeback with Camperdown in 2017. Peter Finch was our coach. We defeated North Warrnambool in the preliminary final after being seven down with a few minutes to go.

We ended up drawing with North Warrnambool and won the game in time on.

Koroit defeated us in the grand final and then last year we finished in sixth place under our coach Sharon Kenna.

Brooke, you took over as the senior netball coach at Camperdown this season. How did the coaching appointment come about?

I had discussions with the club last year about the coaching position.

I was honoured to be asked to take over the job.

Camperdown is a great club in not only netball but also in the footy.

The coaching role has worked out really good because Camperdown is only 40 minutes away from our farm at Woorndoo.

I've got a great support team including our leadership group helping me out in the job.

When did the netballers start training for this season?

We started pre-season training at the end of November.

We trained for three weeks before Christmas and then came back at the end of January.

From the two senior games this season, we defeated Terang Mortlake and in the other game, Koroit defeated us.

Koroit is going to be one of the top sides to beat again this season, I was happy with our game against them.

Does Camperdown have good numbers of netballers for this year?

Our numbers are pretty good in all our grades.

We've got some very good young netballers coming through our ranks.

It's taken time for our young players to develop but we understand that - l would say going forward it's going to be a very exciting year for our netballers.

We had to put some new structures in place for this season, as we have new players in the side but I can see it's all starting to come together with a few new combinations.

Do you still keep a close eye on the fortunes of your old netball club at Wickliffe-Lake Bolac?

Yes. My sister Simone still plays there.

They made the finals last year.

A few of the girls have left the club over the last few years because of job opportunities and that makes it difficult for any small club but I'm confident they'll go well this year.

Brooke, you mentioned earlier about the farm your husband Adam and you have is at Woorndoo. I suppose you would be kept busy working on the farm and raising a young child plus coaching netball. Is that a fair comment?

Yes. We're kept very busy. It's a sheep and cropping property.

Adam is kept very busy. I suppose we're like all farmers we would love some rain but it's not there at this stage.

I'm also a teacher at grade three level at the P12 college at Lake Bolac.

I teach maths, English, physical education and health.

It's a wonderful job and I really love it.

What's it like being a teacher at the school where you completed your education?

As I said it's really great.

I suppose it was a little bit strange when I went back to the school seven years ago to teach.

I had always had a passion to be a teacher. I think there are about 115 students at the school which is really positive.

Our numbers of students have grown over the last few years.

My family is firmly entrenched in the local area.

My parents run Westvic Tyres at Lake Bolac and that keeps them very busy.