Important information

Charity Partner Nominations for 2026-27 - Every year our members nominate a charity that means something to them, and the one with the most nominations becomes our club charity for the year ahead.  We’ve supported many brilliant causes in the past — including Air Ambulance, Belfast Homeless Services, Dementia NI, Down Right Incredible (Down Syndrome), First Responders, Foodbanks in Downpatrick and Ballynahinch, The Hygiene Bank, NHS, NICHS, PIPs Downpatrick, TinyLife, Trainer Appeal and Coat Appeal, Saintfield Youth Club, St John Ambulance, and Women’s Aid — each reflecting the club’s commitment to helping others and making a positive impact locally and beyond. All remain eligible again this year but you are welcome and encouraged to nominate any registered charity you feel deserves our support.  Nomination form: https://saintfieldstriders.com/charity-nomination/  Closes: Sunday 19th April.  One nomination per member.  If there’s a tie, the committee will make the final decision.

New Membership Year – Thanks to everyone who has renewed their membership for 2026-27.  Those who haven't will no longer be able to train with us and access to the members’ Facebook group, the members’ area of the website, club emails and other member-only communications will stop after 18 April. To renew - visit our membership page.  For queries contact Damien via membership@saintfieldstriders.com  

Anti-doping Declaration – as part of the membership renewal it is important to complete your anti-doping declaration.  ANI will not activate your registration until you have done this important step.  Check your Inbox for mail from Damien.

Saintfield Sports Club AGM – to be held on  Monday 27 April at 8.15pm, in the Clubhouse.  All members welcome to attend. Please note, while all office bearing roles will be up for election, the club are particularly keen to recruit a new minutes secretary.

REMINDER:  Transferring Race Entries Between Members - We all know how disappointing it is when you’ve signed up for a race and then, for one reason or another, you can no longer run it!   Our facebook members group is a good place to trade entries BUT we must emphasise that transferring entries AFTER name change cut-off should 100% be avoided.  Running under someone else’s name has all sorts of safety implications and as race organisers ourselves we know well the seriousness of not having correct emergency contact details etc for competitors.  We would ask therefore that members take this into consideration when posting in group and be aware that for our club integrity we may remove posts where swaps are in contravention of race rules.

Super 8 Qualification – Quick reminder … in order to qualify for points in the upcoming Super 8 Series please make sure you list Saintfield Striders as your club on your parkrun profile.  Similarly, when registering for an external race in the series please ensure to include your club name.  ‼️ NO EXCEPTIONS ‼️

Florida Manor Club Event 14th June – Save The Date!  New Half Marathon distance added.  More details to follow.

Saintfield 5&10k Anniversary Race – 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 📅 Sunday 18 October!
Preparations have begun and we can not wait to bring you all the info in due course. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒅, follow our race facebook page -   https://www.facebook.com/share/1BGYoP1mAY/?mibextid=wwXIfr