Suffolk Chess

At the start of each season, clubs in the Suffolk League send a list of their registered players to the Competitions Secretary.   It's interesting to compare clubs and numbers over the years.   The following table compares the current registrations with those of 30 years ago:

Club	1982/83	2012/13
Adastral Park (was BTR)	16	10
Black Knights (Leiston)	4	No club
Bury St Edmunds	15	41
Clacton	Not in League	14
Eye	4	No club
Felixstowe	20	9
Hadleigh	15	Not in League
Ipswich	28	29
Ipswich School	16	No club
Manningtree	Not in League	10
Newmarket	2	Not in League
Royal Hospital School	10	No club
Saxmundham	13	12
Stowmarket	9	17
Sudbury (was Cornard)	Not in League	7
Willis Faber Dumas	10	No club
Woodbridge School	No club	15
TOTALS	162	164

So the totals are almost identical.   But then there were 13 active clubs; now there are only 10.