| The Pat Geary Trophy is an annual prestige round robin sides tournament
(6 teams x 4), played between the neighbouring Zones of Newcastle (Zone
2), Hunter/Manning (Zone 6), Mid North Coast (Zone 14) and the Central
Coast (Zone 15).
The trophy was named after William Patrick Geary who devoted all his
free time to Bowls Administration. He was a loyal and dedicated club
man at Sawtell Bowling Club where he was Secretary and Bowls Secretary
before moving over to West Coffs Bowling Club where he also performed
these roles before coming club President. He was a club coach and
umpire and was well known in the local district for his bowl’s
programme on radio 2CHY. He took on all these jobs with great
enthusiasm and was also an active administrator (Secretary) at District
and Zone level, and also did a lot work at the RNSWBA.
It was therefore fitting when the four Zones decided to conduct an
annual tournament as a forerunner to the State Inter-Zone Sides
Championship held in September every year, that it be named after such
an active and dedicated Bowl’s Administrator as Pat Geary. |
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Jack Griffiths a Zone Selector for 10 years proudly holds up the prestigious Pat Geary Trophy
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| The winners since its inception have been:- |
| 1999 |
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Zone 2 |
| 2000 |
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Zone 2 |
| 2001 |
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Zone 2 |
| 2002 |
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Zone 15 |
| 2003 |
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Zone 15 |
| 2004 |
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Zone 14 |
| 2005 |
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Zone 2 |
| 2006 |
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Zone 2
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| 2007 |
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Zone 2
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