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"This article has been written by Keith Spencer. Keith was the representative for the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education (BAALPE) on the national development group for the first two years of Sportsmark.
He now works (in 1999) part-time as an Educational Consultant to Sports England and is primarily responsible for the Sportsmark Award Scheme.
He says;
How can an award have been so maligned, but also so eagerly sought after? How can a headteacher be so vitriolic about his school's failure to achieve the award that he believes all his local partnerships will deteriorate and fall apart and another say there is only one word in sport up here – 'Sportsmark'. The plain fact of the matter is, the Sportsmark award has achieved, in its first two years, a notoriety which has caused great pleasure to some and pain and 'tears' to others."
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