Ramsgate CC held their fourth race meeting on September 17th 1890 at Rumfields, their first race meeting was on the Sandwich road and the second and third meetings were at Mr Finn's Grounds at Canterbury. The racing included an Inter-Club challenge between Ramsgate and Dover Cycling Clubs, a one mile tricycle local handicap, a two miles club bicycle handicap, a consolation handicap and a ginger beer race, in which riders raced for two laps, dismounted, drank a bottle of ginger beer, then raced to the finish. The meeting broke even financially, which was considered a success.
On Easter Monday 1892 there was a sports meeting with one and four miles bicycle handicap races. Admission to the event cost one shilling, a program one penny. There was also a meeting on Whit Monday 1892, with one and two miles bicycle races, the attendance was a little disappointing. Racing there continued and in 1896, the Rumfield track was re-laid with cinder at five laps to the mile and the first meeting on the new track was on 11th June 1896, with six bicycle races, under the auspices of the local cycling clubs.
There was a Grand Amateur race meeting for Ladies on July 9th 1896, the ladies scratch races were over half, one and two miles, the meeting also included a two miles gentlemen's open handicap race and a race between two London professionals, Sinclair and James.
The Thanet CC had some un-registered professional riders who were members and the club seemed to have been at odds with the NCU in early 1898 about professionals racing. The club organised a mid-week race meeting on 12th May 1898, along with the Ramsgate Rovers CC and Faversham CC. There was a further race meeting on June 23rd 1898. The NCU took out an advertisement in the East Kent Times on June 22nd, stating that the meeting was un-registered and warned competitors against riding. Two months later, the NCU declared the Thanet meetings to be "unregistered". A later Thanet CC race meeting was held on September 29th 1898, this time under NCU rules. There was a good attendance, and the top event was the ten miles club championship, which after a tight finish, was won by C Hudson of Herne Bay.
The Thanet CC held their successful Annual spring race meeting on May 11th 1899, and following the event, an advert by Olliver & Addis stated that nine of the possible sixteen prizes at the meeting were won on Thanet Cycles**. Mr EJ Olliver was the Hon. Secretary of Thanet CC. There was a cycle race festival on July 20th 1899 with six races, which included a one mile professional handicap race for club members. The Thanet CC was very healthy at this time, with 110 members.
The Thanet Advertiser of May 26th 1900 reported that the Thanet CC had been "dispossessed of their favourite ground at Rumfields" and no more bicycle racing was there. Rumfields remained in use for pigeon shooting by Thanet gun club and football matches and running races were held there. The ground was not mentioned in the press after 1909.
After Rumfields was not available, the Thanet CC proposed to hold their next track meeting "in a meadow on the main Westgate Road, between Margate and Westgate." The meeting was held on June 14th 1900 at Hedgcock's meadow, opposite the Hussar Inn on a 5 laps to the mile grass track.
After a couple of quiet years, the Thanet CC organised a sports meeting on May 12th 1904 at Margate football ground, which attracted a thousand spectators. The event was repeated the following year. This was the last Thanet CC event to be held.
** Thanet Cycles were advertising their machines for sale by 1892, priced £16. Olliver and Addis were the manufacturer, based at Thanet Works, Eaton Road, Margate. The company changed direction in 1903, moving into agricultural and general engineering and the company eventually went out of business in 1930.
A new Thanet Cycles company was established in 1945 by Les Castle who moved from the Isle of Thanet to Bristol and made his distinctive and collectible ‘plough' frames for ten years.