The Whit Monday sports meetings which were established at the Newcastle Avenue ground continued at the new ground and the 1901 sports attracted 4,500 spectators with open bicycle handicap races over half, three quarters and one mile and a one mile novices' race.
The Cricket Club sports continued through the 1900s, with attendances of around 5,000 people and the club then decided to add an August Bank Holiday sports meeting in 1906, however the attendance at this new fixture was rather poor and the event was dropped after a year.
The Whitsun sports continued until 1915, when the First World War halted the meetings. After the war, the club resumed meetings in 1919 and they had lost nothing of their popularity, attracting crowds of around 5,000. In 1921 the meeting included the NCU half mile area Championship.
At the 1923 Whit Monday sports, Worksop Cricket and Sports Club decided to host professional races, both for running and cycling, but the sports were not a success. As a result of promoting professional sports, the club was banned from holding amateur sports meetings by the AAA and the NCU. It was not until April 1938 that the AAA and the NCU agreed to re-instate the club and underwrite any loss that the club may suffer at a future sports meeting. The club responded positively and held a sports meeting on Whit Monday 1938 and again in 1939.
There was no cycle racing at the ground after the Second World War until a Festival of Britain sports meeting in 1951. Worksop Harriers started to organise athletics meetings with some bicycle racing at the ground from 1957. These meetings became very popular and continued for a further sixteen years. The Worksop Harriers website comments "the average attendance was approximately 4,000 spectators with 1,000 competitors taking part in six-a-side football, cycling and athletics events from 9am through to 7pm. Other attractions at the meetings were baby competitions, dog shows and even a hot pants competition."
In the early 1970s, Worksop Harriers became worried about the financial risk that they faced by running the sports, if bad weather resulted in a cancellation of the event. The last sports and bicycle races at the ground were held in the early 1970s.
Worksop Town FC left Central Avenue in 1988 and eventually moved into a new ground at Sandy Lane. The football ground site has been developed as the Priory shopping centre, but the cricket ground is still there and is now known as the Worksop cricket and sports club.
