The Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia passed through Saintfield on Sunday 21st June 2015.

Watch a video of them passing by HERE.

Some photographs of the Gran Fondo can be seen HERE.

Ballygowan Vintage Club had its annual Saintfield Road Run on Thursday 18th June.  A varied collection of tractors, cars, motorbikes and lorries took part, driving along country roads before parking up in Saintfield’s Main Street.  The event was in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Photographs of the Vintage Run can be seen HERE.

Ten members of the Saintfield Development Association visited the CES Quarry Products Ltd business at Doran’s Rock, just outside the village, on an unseasonally cold, wet and blowy 1st of June. We were the guests of Stephen McDougall (SHEQ Officer) and Ian McDougall (Production Director) of CES, whose family have run the 70 acre quarry business for over 40 years, with over 50 jobs dependant on the operation and using local suppliers and services.

Information about the quarry and photographs taken during the visit can be found HERE.

Open+Direct staff volunteers visited Saintfield today to help Saintfield Development Association prepare for this year’s Saintfield In Bloom and Translink Ulster In bloom competitions, and Best Kept Town award (which is sponsored by Open+Direct). You can see some more photographs of the volunteers at work HERE.

Photographs taken at the Mike Snowden talk on his restoration of the Erddig National Trust property can be viewed HERE.  The talk was organised by the Green Saintfield Committee of Saintfield Development Association to raise funds for Saintfield In Bloom.

Saintfield Development Association held its Annual General Meeting in the recently opened Rowallane Community Hub.  Officers for 2015/16 were elected and the guest speaker was John Reid who produced the Saintfield Landscape Masterplan for SDA. Some photographs from the evening can be seen HERE.

Saintfield Development Association organised another Litter Pick, supported by Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

Saintfield’s Litter Pickers were out in force, with twenty-four volunteers collecting 30 bags of litter from our streets in just two hours.  See how they got on HERE!

Saintfield Heritage Society recently visited Comber for a guided tour at the kind invitation of Comber Historical Society.

The members of Saintfield Heritage Society were surprised to discover a connection with Saintfield.  Find out what it was HERE!

Today’s Saintfield Cycle Ride organised by Saintfield Development Association saw over 100 riders take part in a 34-mile ride through some of the most beautiful parts of County Down.

Some photographs of the event can be seen HERE.

Annual General Meeting
of the
Saintfield Development Association

Date: Tuesday 26th May 2015

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Rowallane Community Hub (via entry at Rowallane Credit Union, Main Street, Saintfield.)

Light refreshments will be served following the meeting.

All welcome!