Page 7 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.14 2022-23

Pamela Tajonar and Abby Callaghan have collected the November
2022-23 Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) Player of the
Month awards.
Tajonar becomes the first ever goalkeeper to win the award
after keeping two clean sheets from two games in November,
including an outstanding performance in their 0-0 draw away to
Rangers.
The Mexican ‘keeper was signed by Celtic in August and has
become the starter for her side. In the ten games she has played,
she has only conceded two goals, both against Glasgow City. She
currently leads the SWPL for most clean sheets.
In SWPL 2, Queen’s Park won all three matches in November
with scores of 2-1 against Kilmarnock, St Johnstone, and
Boroughmuir Thistle. Their form means they are currently fourth
in SWPL 2, seven points away from second place.
Callaghan played over 75 minutes in all three matches,
scoring the opening goal for her side against Kilmarnock and St
Johnstone. She then scored the winner against Boroughmuir
Thistle, ending the month with three goals and one assist.
The nominees for the November SWPL award were Rachel
Donaldson (Partick Thistle), Kaela McDonald-Nguah
(Motherwell), and Krystyna Freda (Hibernian) and for the SWPL 2
award the nominees were Holly Daniel (Montrose) and Lauren
Kerr (Gartcairn).

A pair of football-playing twins are set to face each other competitively for the first time in
their careers this weekend as Rachel Duncan’s Grampian Ladies are to host her sister Sammy
Hyett’s club Edinburgh Caledonia in a Scottish Women’s League One fixture in Aberdeen.
Both women started playing together at school aged five and went on to play for local
girls’ team Westhill then Aberdeen and Scotland squads as youth players but have never faced
each other in a competitive match.
The sisters only stopped playing together when they went to different universities, and
have since both been integral to the establishment of their current teams. As well as leading
the side on the field, Hyett is the chair of Edinburgh Caledonia having set up the club 12 years
ago, and Duncan is secretary of Grampian Ladies and helped establish the club a few years ago.
Rachel Duncan said: “We have played for different teams ever since Uni but never come
up against each other in the same league. I am really looking forward to it especially with all
the talk and rivalry building up since we knew we would be playing against each other.
“My husband is the chairman so behind the scenes I play a big part in setting up and now
running the club, I even designed the logo which I now proudly can see being worn by
hundreds of girls in Aberdeen. My stepdaughter is the captain of the ladies and my grand-
daughter plays in the Under 5s. Therefore, the history of our teams and parts we play in our
clubs add an even bigger competitive element.”
Sammy Hyett said: “This will indeed be the first time we have ever come up against each
other in a league fixture in the thirty plus years we have both played. Due to our background
and involvement in our respective clubs there has always been a rivalry. For a number of years
we played each other in ‘The Hyett Cup’, when our parents would present the winning team
some silverware, unknowing that we would get to play each other in the same league one day.”
(scotwomensfootball.com)
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