SASDAScottish Association of Speech & Drama Adjudicators
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11 members

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Dave Bennet

Chairperson
Wishaw davebennetbusiness@gmail.com 01698 374037 07786 110470
Engagements 12
  • Scottish One Act Final, Orkney, 2022
  • Welwyn Garden City One Act Festival 2022
  • Caithness SCDA One Act Festival 2023
  • Glasgow District SCDA District One Act Festival 2023
  • Eastern Division SCDA One Act Festival 2023
  • Arran Drama Festival 2024
  • British 1-Act Finals Perth 2024
  • Argyll Kintyre District SCDA February 2025
  • Aberdeen District SCDA February 2025
  • Glasgow District SCDA March 2025
  • Stewartry District SCDA February 2026
  • Durham & Sunderland 1-Act Festival March 2026
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Bruce Adam

Vice Chairperson
Dunfermline bruceadam@btinternet.com 01383 733120
Engagements 6
  • Highland Districts, Open & Youth Festivals 2015
  • Eastern Division Youth Festival 2015
  • Fife District SCDA, Open & Youth festivals 2016
  • Shetland County Drama Festival 2020
  • Shetland 10th – 15th March 2025
  • Highland open and youth finals 4th – 6th April 2025
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Jim Gibson

Administrator
Saltcoats jagibsonht@yahoo.com 01294 468694 07774 498234
Engagements 5
  • Moray Firth SCDA Festival, February 2020
  • Dumfries Speech Festival March 2023
  • Shetland County Drama Festival March 2024
  • Stewartry District SCDA 1-Act festival 27th Feb – 1st Mar 2025
  • Glasgow District SCDA 1-Act Festival March 2026
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Stewart Aitken

Stonehaven stewartaitken@hotmail.co.uk 07504 657780
Engagements 10
  • Aberdeen District festival 14th to 16th February 2019
  • Aberdeen District festival 20th to 22nd February 2020
  • Angus District SCDA festival 28th to 29th February 2020
  • Northern Division SCDA Youth festival 11th March 2023
  • Stirling District SCDA festival 8th to 9th March 2024
  • Highland Division SCDA festival 22nd to 23rd March 2024
  • South West Ross Drama Festival 1st March 2025
  • Perthshire District SCDA festival 26th to 28th February 2026
  • SW Ross SCDA 1st March 2026
  • Northern Division Youth SCDA festival 14th March 2026
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Jennifer Scott-Reid

To book, contact the Administrator at jagibsonht@yahoo.com.
Engagements 20
  • SCDA Isle of Arran Drama Festival 2025
  • Isle of Arran Music Festival (choric and verse) 2025
  • AETF Eastern Area Final 2025
  • SCDA Inverclyde Festival
  • SCDA Northern Division Open Festival 2025
  • Orkney District Festival
  • AETF Central Semi-Final
  • SCDA Western Divisional Final (2024 and 2022)
  • DAW Wales Final (2024 and 2016)
  • SCDA Scottish Final (2023 and 2017)
  • AETF English Final (2022 and 2019)
  • AETF Western area semi final
  • Cheshire Drama Festival
  • Sawston Drama Festival
  • Ballymoney Drama Festival
  • Tamworth Hastilow Festival
  • Totton Drama Festival
  • SCDA Inverclyde One Act Festival
  • AETF Central Quarter Final – Western Division
  • British Final (Stirling 2018)
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Alasdair Hawthorn

Glasgow alhaw2010@gmail.com 0141 636 1560
Engagements 14
  • Inverclyde Speech and Music Festival January 2016
  • SCDA Ayrshire District February 2016
  • SCDA Scottish Youth Final June 2016
  • Inverclyde Speech and Music Festival 2017
  • Aberdeen SCDA District Festival 2017
  • Moray SCDA District Festival 2017
  • District SCDA, Stranraer, March 2019
  • District SCDA, Thurso, March 2019
  • District SCDA, Orkney, March 2019
  • District SCDA, Stewarton, March 2019
  • EKRepFest, May 2019
  • SCDA Division Festival, St Andrews, 19–20 March 2021
  • Scottish Finals April 2024
  • Scottish Youth Final June 2026
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Sheila Gilmore

Brodick, Isle of Arran swgilmore@hotmail.co.uk 07954 334697
Engagements 9
  • North Ayrshire Burns Verse Speaking Competition (various)
  • Arran High School Drama Festival (various)
  • Arran High School Inter House Drama Festival 2019
  • SCDA Monologue Competition 2021
  • SCDA Aberdeen & District February 2023
  • North Lorn Drama Festival 2023
  • SCDA Eastern Division Youth Final 2024
  • Fife District SCDA Festival 2025
  • Argyll & Kintyre SCDA February 2026
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Dr Russell Boyce

Blairgowrie rboyce2@sky.com
Engagements 6
  • All Ireland Drama Festival 2014
  • SCDA Falkirk District 2014
  • SCDA Glasgow District 2014
  • SCDA Wigtown District 2014
  • SCDA North Division 2016
  • Western Division SCDA 26–28 March 2026
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Kevin Boland

Killearn kboscot@sky.com 01360 550973
Engagements 3
  • Port Appin Drama Festival
  • Stewartry District 2020
  • Isle of Arran drama festival 20th – 22nd February 2026
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Dr Paul K. Dougall

Hamilton paul.dougall@sky.com 01698 427842
Engagements 12
  • Scottish Finals 2015
  • Lorne Festival 2015
  • Shetland Festival 2015
  • Aberdeen District SCDA 25th–27th April 2016
  • Shetland 7th–10th March 2016
  • Perthshire District SCDA, 1st – 4th March 2016
  • Kintyre District SCDA, 20th–22nd February 2020
  • Inverclyde District SCDA, 27th–29th February 2020
  • Durham & Sunderland 1-Act Festival, 4th–7th March 2020
  • Ayrshire District SCDA Youth Festival, 14th March 2020
  • Western Division SCDA Finals 2023
  • Kintyre SCDA District Festival 2024