The 2023 GVA EGM / AGM was held in the Boathouse at 7.30pm on Thursday 9th February 2023, when a new committee was elected.
This website is currently under active maintenance and will be made more useable over the month of March 2023.
In the meantime, email links and menu may not work.
Sorry and thank you for your patience.
Groomsport Village Association
Your source of information about the village of Groomsport, Co Down, Northern Ireland
This website was started about 2005 by John Crockard of The Brae, Groomsport. The first versions are available in the <Links> section of this site. In those days, websites were mainly hand-coded using a very simple text editor. The GVA logo was drawn using Macromedia Flash and had both animation and a background gradient – both of which were innovative at that time. Later, the site was modified with “server side includes” and eventually, re-purposed using a template, when Microsoft refused to allow Flash to operate on their products.
WordPress has been used since 2016 as a CMS for the site.
The Groomsport Village Association ( GVA) committee represents the association and (inter alia) acts as as a conduit for residents to the Ards and North Down Borough Council, local government and government/community bodies.
The GVA was instrumental in devising a village plan for the future development of Groomsport – ratified by the North Down Borough Council (as was).
The GVA fund and publish a quarterly newsletter and distribute it to every household in the village. This is complimented by our website – www.groomsport.info and Facebook page.
Unfortunately, due to a number of factors centred around Covid-19, the GVA Committee was in abeyance but thankfully has been re-invigorated. People interested in serving on the Committee should contact the treasurer.