Representative Side - Open Squad - Pat Geary Trophy

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.

The winners since its inception have been:-
1999	Zone 2
2000	Zone 2
2001	Zone 2
2002	Zone 15
2003	Zone 15
2004	Zone 14
2005	Zone 2
2006	Zone 2
2007	Zone 2
2008	Zone 14
2009	Zone 2
2010	Zone 2
2011	Zone 2
2012	Zone 15
2013	Zone 14
2014	Zone 15
2015	Zone 2
2016	Zone 2
2017	Zone 15

The 2017 Zone 15 Pat Geary Winning Team