section--header.tpl + zone--header.tpl so header zone can be styled individually is it possible?

Hi guys,
I am new in Omega world but I must say I am hooked already :) My first Omega sub theme project is porting of a Rocket Theme Crystalline Theme and its going quite well but, I got stuck at the header section because I need to style the Header Section and Header Zone separately so I created zone--header.tpl in addition to the section--header.tpl and added some div's for borders and overlays styles. For some reason its not working...there was no zone--header.tpl to have a look at so perhaps there is something wrong in my zone--header.tpl code because it just doesn't get passed on to the zone. Here is my code

zone--header.tpl

<?php if ($wrapper): ?><div<?php print $attributes; ?>><?php endif; ?>  
  <div<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>       
        <div id="wd-header-region">
					<div class="shadow-left"><div class="shadow-right"><div class="shadow-bl"><div class="shadow-br">
  <?php print $content; ?>
						<div class="clear"></div>
					
			</div>
            </div></div></div></div>
 </div>
<?php if ($wrapper): ?></div><?php endif; ?>

section--header.tpl

		<header<?php print $attributes; ?>><div id="rt-main-header" class="header-shadows"><div id="rt-header-overlay" class="header-overlay"><div id="rt-main-header2"><div id="rt-header-graphic" class="header-graphic">        
 
  <?php print $content; ?>
						<div class="clear"></div>
	
            </div></div></div></div></div>
</header>

Any help would be most appreciated :)