yes if it it created well.
try not to use an atlas map, you need to follow the 2nd method of the below link, iv posted this link so many times but its well worth the time to do. took me about 3 hours on my first model (500 poly human male unsubdevided) so this could be difficult to do in the competition time. still take a look as the uv is moved around to suit on this tutorial.
http://www.newtek.com/products/light..._UV/index.html
if you feel its too close to deadline to do i would say to do it after the comp