diff --git a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
index 3a6c44a..b8c4131 100644
--- a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
+++ b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ if($config['judge_scheduler_percent']=="-1")
 		$ok = 0;
 	}
 
+	if($config['scheduler_enable_sa_scheduling'] == 'yes') {
+		$timeslots = judges_scheduler_check_timeslots_sa();
+		if($timeslots > 0) {
+			echo happy(i18n("There are %1 timeslot(s) defined for special awards judging, good", array($timeslots)));
+		} else {
+			echo error(i18n("There are no timeslots defined for special awards judging (but the scheduler is configured to do special awards judigng)"));
+			$ok = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	echo "<table class='headertable'><tr><td><h3>Awards</h3></td>";
 	echo "<td> - <a href=\"awards.php\">".i18n("Awards Manager")."</a>";
 	echo "</td></tr></table>";
diff --git a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
index c8c482c..0dc8742 100644
--- a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
+++ b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ function judges_scheduler_check_timeslots()
 		return 0;
 }
 
+function judges_scheduler_check_timeslots_sa()
+{
+	global $config;
+	$rows = 0;
+
+	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM judges_timeslots WHERE ".
+		" year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'".
+		" AND `type`='special'" );
+	if(mysql_num_rows($q)) {
+		while((	$round=mysql_fetch_object($q))) {
+			$rq=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM judges_timeslots WHERE round_id='$round->id' AND type='timeslot'");
+			$rows += mysql_num_rows($rq);
+		}
+	}
+	return $rows;
+}
+
 function judges_scheduler_check_awards()
 {
 	global $config;