RESULTS OF THE NORM KNOPP SHIELD played at North Bendigo 1-11-09
Round 1.
Bendigo def Murray Assn 10 Points 44 shots up
Campaspe def Goulburn 8 Points 11 shots up

Round 2
Bendigo def Goulburn 8 Points 13 shots up
Campaspe def Murray 10 Points 30 shots up

Round 3
Bendigo tied Campaspe 6 Points
Goulburn def Murray 9 points 30 shots up

Final Total
Bendigo 24 Points +57
Campaspe 24 Points + 41
Goulburn 17 Points +6
Murray 7 Points -104

Undefeated teams
Phil Godkin (Bendigo) +49
Adam McIntyre (Campaspe) +24
R Smith (Goulburn) +23
M Liverton (Campaspe) +18

Bendigo & Campaspe went into the last Round both with 18 points and only 16 shots seperating them.
This meant that for Campaspe had to
(a) win 4 or more of the 6 games
(b) win 3 games and tie one
© win 3 games and win overall by 9 shots.
It all boiled down to the close game between Russell Simmonds (Bendigo) and Mick Humphries (Campaspe) as Campaspe were already assured of 3 wins by McIntyre, Liverton & Thorn and and only needed a tie by Mick Humphries to assure them of taking home the Norm Knopp Shield.
With 2 ends to go Simmonds led by 2 shots. Simmonds scored singles on both of those ends to win his game 16-12 and so retain the shield for the 2009-10 season.