First, definitely go to the Mid-American Judging Center website, get Joe Langton's email address and start a conversation with him. Or even call him, his phone number is on the website too. Joe is an old friend of mine, a good guy and quite knowledgeable in Paphs, Phals and all manner of orchids. Find out where in Omaha area he is. He used to have a part-time retail greenhouse, and he might still be selling orchids at shows and such. He would the the 'second' commercial grower in your area. I have not talked with him recently, but he is definitely a person worth getting to know. He used to have quite a nice collection of Paphs. So definitely get in touch with Joe and Karen.
http://midamericajudgingcenter.org/Judges.html
Second, when showing an orchid for flower quality awards, the flower is the main thing to be considered. The condition of the leaves is not really supposed to figure into the points for flower quality. When your sanderianum is in bloom, the flower will be spectacular enough that the judges won't notice the nicks and dings on the leaves. The couple broken leaves are all older leaves, which is an understandable by product of owning an older plant of a species with brittle leaves. Yes, NYEric is right, when a plant is marginal, almost good enough for an HCC, if the foliage is great, you have a better chance of scoring higher and getting the award, but if the flower is good, the number of points the foliage condition will cost you won't be enough to prevent you from getting an award. IT MIGHT be the difference between an AM or and HCC, but I would be happy with either award. We won't talk about FCC, that is a holy grail that most of us never reach.
@ NYEric and the others, I know how the nicks and dings he is talking about looked, and they are there, and he is right, they don't make a perfect presentation. I have seen many a multifloral species awarded with far worse foliage than what he has. His plant has some damage, but it is not an unusual amount of damage. I am not happy about the broken leaves, but he paid less for the plant because of them. By the time it blooms, he will have another new set of leaves, maybe even two, it will look more than good enough.
When you take the plant out of the house, you need to be aware that the leaves of sanderianum are stiff and brittle. It is amazing how little it takes to crack a leaf. Be careful.
But definitely get a hold of Joe. He's a great guy.