History

The Geelong Bowls Region was officially incorporated on 8th April, 2011 following a special meeting of club delegates of: Geelong District Bowls Association, Geelong District Ladies Bowls Association and the Bellarine District Ladies Bowling Association. (GDBA Minutes of Special Meeting)

This incorporation came as a regional response to the historic unification of the Royal Victorian Bowls Association and the Victorian Ladies Bowls Association at the Victorian State level. Unification at a State level resulted in the dissolution of RVBA & VLBA Groups & Districts throughout the country and metropolitan areas and, in its restructuring, prompted the merger of the three local Associations to form the Geelong Bowls Region.