Thanks guys, I think I might be able to handle the event in the pager. Ultimately the event needs to update a binding (the current page) and return the zone body to be rendered. I can probably pass the binding and the zone in the PagerContainerModel environmental. It's a bit messy but should work.
Another option is to nest the Pager in the PagerContainer and use an enum similar to the GridPagerPosition. I was hoping I didn't need to do this so I could allow more freedom. Cheers, Lance