Blisse Joyce (born March 6, 1983 in

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as Blisse Comstock) is a

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curler from

. She is a former Canadian Junior curling champion. She currently plays for Team

Jill Brothers Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly out of New Brunswi ...

Career

In 2003, Joyce played second for Robyn Mattie's

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junior rink. They won their provincial junior championship, giving them the right to represent Nova Scotia at the

2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2003 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 1–9 at the Rideau and Ottawa Curling Clubs in Ottawa. Teams from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan won both the men's and women's event. Both teams would go on to win gold medals ...

in Ottawa (where Mattie now lives). The team finished in first place (10-2) after the round robin, but lost to Saskatchewan's

Stefanie Miller Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championship ...

in the final. In 2004, Joyce joined the

Jill Mouzar Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly out of New Brunsw ...

(now Brothers) team. They once again won the Nova Scotia junior title, and finished first place (9-3) at the 2004 Canadian Juniors in Victoria, British Columbia. This time they won in the final, defeating Quebec's

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. They would go on to represent Canada at the

2004 World Junior Curling Championships The 2004 World Junior Curling Championships were held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada from 20 March 2004 to 28 March 2004. The venue was the Colisée de Trois-Rivières The Colisée de Trois-Rivières is an arena in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Ca ...

in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. They went through the round robin undefeated, only to lose to Norway's

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in the final. Joyce played with Mouzar occasionally after juniors until Mouzar moved to Ontario. In 2010,

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

took over as skip of the team before succumbing to

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. Third Heather Smith became skip, and led third

Danielle Parsons Danielle Barbara Parsons (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Career Parsons was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and made her first national curling debut at the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championship ...

, second Joyce and lead

Teri Lake Teri Udle (born April 11, 1981 in Amherst, Nova Scotia as Teri Lake) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She plays lead for Jill Brothers. Udle made her first national curling debut at the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championship ...

to Joyce's first provincial women's title. They would represent Nova Scotia at the

2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the 30th anniversary of Kruger Pr ...

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, with a 7-4 record, going on to win the Bronze Medal Game against Ontario's

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Cana ...

For the 2011-2012 season the team will continue without

, who has recruited a new team.

Personal life

She attended

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...

and is employed as an accounting assistant for Clearwater Seafood. She is married to Tyson Joyce and has one child.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Blisse 1983 births Living people Acadia University alumni Canadian women curlers Curlers from Nova Scotia People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia