This morning 175 cyclists took part in the Saintfield Cycle ride.
A video of the cyclists leaving Downpatrick Street car park in Saintfield can be viewed HERE.
Two short videos of the cyclists passing through Crossgar can be viewed HERE & HERE.
Photographs taken at various locations on the route can be seen HERE.
The organisers, Saintfield Development Association, would like to thank:
Vivoxtra, Saintfield, for their kind donation of refreshments for the riders
The Women’s Institute and other volunteers for the tray bakes
The Rowallane Inn for hosting the riders at the finish
On Tuesday 10th May members of Comber Historical Society were taken on a tour of heritage sites in Saintfield by Saintfield Heritage Society. This time last year Comber Historical Society had welcomed Saintfield Heritage Society members for a tour of Comber’s historic locations.
Saintfield Development Association‘s Litter Pick on Saturday 14th May is supported by Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
Cleaning up our village not only creates a more pleasant place for us to live, but it also creates a good impression for anyone visiting Saintfield!
Date: Saturday 14th May
Time: 10:00am – noon
Meet at 2nd Saintfield Presbyterian Church Hall.
Litter picking tools, gloves, bags and Hi-Vis jackets will be provided.
Children must have parents’ permission. Refreshments provided afterwards.
The 34-mile route round beautiful County Down countryside starts and ends in Saintfield.
Free refreshments will be provided at Whiterock car park.
Registration is from 8:30 am in Downpatrick Street car park, with the ride commencing at 9:30 am.
A PDF file of the route can be downloaded HERE.
If you have some free time on Saturday you could help Saintfield to be part of a Word Record attempt:
For more information and inspiration have a look at the NI Big Sock Facebook page!
We have received an update on an earlier search entitled, “Please tell Wilsons and O’Hanlons in Saintfield about this”.
More information about the request can be found in the Discover Saintfield Family History Searches blog HERE.
Another significant step forward for the Saintfield community centre. The Council has confirmed that even if no private sector partner is found, they will use the £1.5m ring-fenced for this project to start work in April 2017. The Expression of Interest advertisement below appeared in the Belfast Telegraph on Friday 29th April 2016.
[If you are reading this on the News page you can follow the Community Centre Progress blog HERE.]
We have started a new blog which will chart the progress on Saintfield’s community centre. It can be found under “Community” on the top menu, or directly HERE. Remember to call back to find out what is happening!
Members of Saintfield Development Association today met the Newry, Mourne and Down Council officers who are responsible for taking the Saintfield Community Centre project forward. The Council has given a firm undertaking that work will start to convert the large warehouse buildings on the 29 Belfast Road site to a community centre in April 2017.
A private sector partner is being sought to invest in and develop the site in partnership with the Council and the Saintfield community. The ambition of SDA and NMD is that there would be a large indoor training area and extensive fitness suite in the buildings on either side of the proposed community centre building.
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