Month: November 2012

Get into the festive spirit at Rowallane Garden, Saintfield for the popular Yuletide Market event on Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 December from 12-5pm.  Soak up the Christmas atmosphere with craft and food stalls, Christmas trees and wreaths made by the Rowallane Gardening team.  Join in the traditional family festive fun and even Santa will be…

On the evening of Tuesday 20th November members and visitors attended an Extraordinary General Meeting of Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee (STRC).  The meeting had been called to change the constitution to meet the changing needs of society as it is today. The meeting was unanimously agreed to at the STRC meeting on 12th November and…

DRD Minister Danny Kennedy heard about the projects that local people are working on when he visited Saintfield on Thursday 15th November.  At the briefing Minister Kennedy met Martyn Todd representing Saintfield Heritage Society, Barbara Graham and Simon Thompson representing Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee and Susan Welsh representing Saintfield Community Estates Partnership. A full report on the Minister’s visit…

FirePoise, Ireland’s premiere fire performance group, is coming to Saintfield Christmas Fair! They will perform a breath-taking, beautiful and unforgettable fire and light show.  The performers will dance through circles of fire, delighting and amazing you! FirePoise have performed at corporate events, festivals, parades and parties, and are an event favourite across Ireland, north and south. Their choreographed fire routines will really light up Saintfield…

Joan Cunningham has again organised the Saintfield Christmas Charity Santa Ride in aid of underprivileged children in Uganda and Rwanda. The ride will form at Saintfield Livestock Mart at 11:30am on Saturday 1st December for mulled wine and mince pies.  The ride will leave the Mart at 12:30pm and head up Saintfield’s Main Street at…

Notice is hereby given that Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee (STRC) will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Tuesday 20th November 2012.  The EGM will be held in the Saintfield Cricket Club Pavilion, and will commence at 7:30pm. AGENDA Change of name to Saintfield Development Association Adoption of new Articles of Association Appointment of…

Groups of members from Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee have adopted the five gateway planters on the roads entering Saintfield.  The planters are located on Station Road, Belfast Road, Crossgar Road, Lisburn Road and Ballynahinch Road. Each group has either grown its own flowers or bought flowers to plant in the troughs at the bottom of its…