(Road) Race Concessions in South Africa

By Kevin Rochford

“In the March 1983 edition of the Sabbath Sentinel, the story was told of a South African athlete, Kevin Tochford, who won gold and silver medals in the Saturday-scheduled Karoo Marathon from 1980-1982. He ran officially, but alone on Fridays – 24 hours ahead of all the other competitors – with special permission from the race organizers. Saturday evenings combined lists of results were drawn up to decide the placings and distribution of medals and prizes. This policy has continued for the past ten years.

Sabbatarian Kevin Rochford is still running for the University of Cape Town – now as a veteran. He is a professor of science education and well established internationally as an academic.

Despite his requests over a period of many years, however, virtually all important athletic events in his region have remained scheduled on Saturdays. Last year he decided to invoke the Lord’s help to break out of this sporting isolation; he took the problem to his weekly Wednesday evening prayer group in Cape Town…”

(this article is an excerpt from the April 1990 edition of the Sabbath Sentinel)

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