The Monica Saunders Trophy
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.
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.
The Don Leech tankard is awarded to the individual person or persons who wrote the winning article.
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Monica Saunders Awards 2026-2027
Summer 2026 - Exeter
Monica Saunders Awards 2025-2026
The Monica Saunders trophy for the best newsletter article 2025-26 will be presented to Crewkerne at the AGM
The Don Leech tankard will be presented to Lorna Scudder
Spring 2025 - No entries - No winner
Winter 2025 - Taunton-FOK
Autumn 2025 - Braunton
Summer 2025 – Crewkerne
Monica Saunders Awards 2024-2025
The Monica Saunders trophy for the best newsletter article 2024-25 was won by Bampton
Spring 2025 - Totnes
Winter 2024 - Street
Autumn 2024 - Bampton
Summer 2024 – Bampton
Monica Saunders Awards 2023-2024
Spring 2024 - Crewkerne
Winter 2023 - Crewkerne
Autumn 2023 - Bampton, Crediton & Portishead
Summer 2023 – Tiverton
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
Past Winners of the Monica Saunders Trophy
2020 Bradninch
2019 Exmouth
2018 Newton Abbot
2017 Abbotskerswell
2016 Kingsteignton
2015 Bampton
2014 Exeter Twinning Circle & Ilfracombe
2013 Crediton & Tiverton
2012 Chittlehampton
2011 Bow
2010 Exeter Twinning Circle
2009 Ottery St Mary
2008 Exeter-Yaroslav & Chittlehampton
2007 Kingsteignton
2006 Ipplepen
2005 Dolton & District
2002 Bideford
2001 Mary Tavy
2000 Ashburton
1998 Ottery St Mary
1997 Otterton
1996 Ashburton