The Monica Saunders Award / The Don Leech Tankard

The Monica Saunders award is given each quarter to the Association which has provided the best article for the newsletter, Home from Home. 

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The award is £50, and the winner is decided by a secret vote by committee members.

The trophy is awarded annually to the best of that year’s four winners, who also receive an additional £50. 

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The Don Leech tankard is awarded to the individual person or persons who wrote the winning article. 

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Monica Saunders Awards 2024-2025

Autumn 2024 - Bampton

Summer 2024 – Bampton

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Monica Saunders Awards 2023-2024

The Monica Saunders trophy for the best newsletter article 2023-2024, was presented to Crewkerne Association at the AGM.

The Don Leech tankard was presented jointly to Ken Priest, Andrew Winter and Lorna Scudder, the authors of the 2 articles. 

Spring 2024 - Crewkerne

Winter 2023 - Crewkerne

Autumn 2023 - Bampton, Crediton & Portishead

Summer 2023 – Tiverton

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Monica Saunders Awards 2022-2023

The Monica Saunders trophy for the best newsletter article 2022-2023, was presented to Exmouth Association.

The Don Leech tankard was presented to Maggie Gingell, the author of that article.

Spring 2023 – Axminster

Winter 2022 – Clevedon

Autumn 2022 – Ashburton

Summer 2022 – Exmouth

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