diff --git a/admin/judges_sa.php b/admin/judges_sa.php
index d5ad4848..5dae4951 100644
--- a/admin/judges_sa.php
+++ b/admin/judges_sa.php
@@ -380,6 +380,16 @@ while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
 	unset($catprefs);
 	unset($langprefs);
 
+	/* Try to fetch a team link ID for this judge, if we can, we don't want to use this judge
+	 * in the divisional awards, they are already assigned to soemthing */
+	$q2 = mysql_query("SELECT judges_id FROM judges_teams_link WHERE ".
+				"judges_id='$r->id' ".
+				" AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
+	if(mysql_num_rows($q2) != 0) {
+		TRACE("Judge [{$r->firstname} {$r->lastname}] is already on a judging team, skipping.\n");
+		continue;
+	}
+
 	//get category preferences
 	$q2=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM judges_catpref WHERE judges_id='$r->id' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' ORDER BY projectcategories_id");
 	$catprefs=array();