09/02/23
| Bury | | 51/2–1/2 | Saxmundham | |
| 1 | Michael Harris | 2344 | 1 – 0 | Malcolm Lightfoot | 1892 |
| 2 | Jaden Jermy | 2076 | 1 – 0 | John Feavyour | 1844 |
| 3 | Mark LeVine | 2066 | 1/2–1/2 | Sam Gaffney | 1821 |
| 4 | Jan Balogh | 1995 | 1 – 0 | Mike Usher | 1784 |
| 5 | John Adam | 1887 | 1 – 0 | Dominic Carter | 1659 |
| 6 | Laurie Pott | 1838 | 1 – 0 | Matthew Lawes-Wickwar | 1650 |
Saxmundham travelled to Bury on Thursday evening to take on the County’s biggest club over six boards in the Norfolk and Suffolk Cup. Bury fielded a hugely strong team, with their top board rating getting on for International Master strength and even their Board 6 was rated on a par with our second board.
Not surprisingly Bury won by a country mile, but Sam gained a very creditable draw on Board 3 to avoid the whitewash. The Sax players certainly put up a good fight and it was not as one-sided a match as the score would suggest. Matthew and Dominic resisted late into the evening, and Dominic could probably have won if he had had a little more time, instead of blundering at the end and having to resign to bring the match to an end.