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Monday 12th September?

12:30 – 13:30.  Are you free?

Armchair Aerobics might be just what you are looking for!

Come along and have a go!

Come along to Rowallane Community Hub

(35 Main Street, Saintfield, behind
the former Rowallane Credit Union)

Everyone Welcome!

Saintfield Development Association
is sponsoring two renowned local bands to play
in the courtyard  of Rowallane Garden,
Saintfield’s National Trust property,
on Saturday 10th September. 

Baillies Mills Accordion Band will be playing from 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Cahard Flute Band will conclude the afternoon of music playing from 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

Entry to Rowallane will be FREE on Saturday 10th as part of European Heritage Open Day (EHOD), so there’s no excuse for not coming along to listen to these great bands in a wonderful setting!

Members of Saintfield Heritage Society will give a guided tour of the many listed buildings and conservation area of Saintfield, sharing their stories and history along the way. Until 1712 Saintfield was known as Tonaghneave – Tamnach naomh, “the field of the saint”.  Neither the origin of the name nor the location of a saintly field are known today.

Meet at Saintfield Memorial Garden, Comber Street, Saintfield, BT24 7AA on Sunday 11th September at 15:00.  The walk will last approximately one hour.

If you would like to attend a Big Lottery Fund one-to-one clinic then now is your chance to register!  A session will be held in the Downshire Civic Centre, Downpatrick on Wednesday 5th October.

A flyer giving further details can be downloaded HERE.

Road signs giving advance warning of traffic disruption on Comber Street have been erected.  TransportNI, the sole Road Authority in Northern Ireland, responsible for public roads, footways, bridges, and street lights, will be resurfacing the road.

CES Quarry Products, who operate from a site just outside Saintfield on the Crossgar road, recently became a corporate sponsor of the SDA. The family owned business has committed to contributing a significant amount to the SDA each month as a show of support for the activities and events the association does for the benefit of Saintfield residents. You can visit their website HERE.

The SDA is a registered charity organisation and relies heavily on donations, grants and fund raising events to finance the wide range of activities with which it is involved. The Association is run by a team of volunteers, who give of their time unstintingly and whose only reward is the satisfaction of contributing to the betterment of their village and environment.

If you or your company would like to support the work done by the SDA for your community, we would welcome any contribution you could make, whether as a corporate sponsor, a one – off donation or as a volunteer giving your time to help on any of our working committees which appeal to your interests.

Please express your willingness to donate or to volunteer your time and expertise by contacting the editor of our Saintfield News publication:

editor@discoversaintfield.co.uk

Early on Sunday 5th June the Gran Fondo Giro D’Italia Northern Ireland passed through Saintfield.  Watch them entering Comber Road HERE.

Saintfield Development Association would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting on Monday 13th June at 7:30 pm in Saintfield Sports Club.

Over the past few months members of Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been working at The Point, the junction of the Belfast Rd and Comber Rd.  This is in preparation for the sowing of wild flower seeds as part of Grow Wild‘s nationwide scheme.

You can follow progress on the Saintfield scheme on the official Grow Wild website HERE.