Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in

Liverpool, Nova Scotia Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all ...

and now resides in

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. She currently plays

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on Team

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out of

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Career

Brothers started curling in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Her first Nova Scotia junior championship was in 2001, along with Meaghan Smart, Meghan MacAdams, Carolyn Marshall, and coach Albert Smart. This team was the first Liverpool team to curl at the national level since 1970, representing

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at the

2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2001 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 3-11 at the St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. Men's Team ...

. In 2004, Brothers curled with Paige Mattie, Blisse Comstock, Chloe Comstock, and coach Donalda Mattie and went on to win the Canadian Junior Women's championship. That team won the silver medal at world junior championships in Trois-Rivières, Québec. In 2005 Brothers' women's team finished fourth out of eight teams at Nova Scotia women's championships in her first year of eligibility. Brothers won her first provincial women's championship in 2007 and represented Nova Scotia at the

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in Lethbridge, Alberta with teammates Meredith Harrison, Teri Lake, and Hayley Clarke. They finished with a 3-8 record. Brothers played lead for Nova Scotia (skipped by

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) at the

2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held Nov. 14-21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Nova Scotia won its seventh Mixed title, and Skip (curling), skip Mark Dacey won his second title with then-wif ...

, an event which she won. In 2010, Brothers moved to Ontario and begun playing for

Kirsten Wall Kirsten Wall (born November 27, 1975 as Kirsten Harmark) is a Canadian curler from Milton, Ontario. She was the alternate player on the Jennifer Jones rink which represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics and captured a gold medal. Curlin ...

as the team's lead. In 2012, the team broke up, and Wall left the rink, and Brothers was promoted from lead to skip. Brothers qualified for her first Ontario provincial in 2013. Following the season, Brothers moved back to Nova Scotia to play third for Heather Smith, for whom she played two seasons. The team won the 2014 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and represented Nova Scotia at the

2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...

. There, Smith led the team to a 4-7 record. Smith left the team in 2015, and Brothers took over as skip. Brothers won the

2016 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 19 to 24 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Jill Brothers team represented Nova Scotia at the ...

, and led Nova Scotia to a 6-5 record at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Brothers would not win another provincial until 2019. She led her Nova Scotia team on home ice at the

2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship he ...

, but were eliminated after pool play, finishing with a 2-5 record. The 2021 Nova Scotia Scotties was cancelled due to the

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, so the Nova Scotia Curling Association appointed Brothers and her team to represent the province at the

2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at ...

, as the 2020 provincial champion

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Ch ...

moved to British Columbia. One member of the Brothers rink, Sarah Murphy opted to not attend the Scotties, with lead Jenn Brine moving up to second and alternate

Emma Logan Emma Logan (born August 11, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead on Team Jessica Daigle. She is the niece of five time Scotties champion Mary-Anne Arsenault. She is also deaf. Career Logan skipped the ...

moving up to play lead. At the Tournament of Hearts, Brothers led team Nova Scotia to a 3–5 record, failing to make it to the championship round.

Personal life

Brothers is employed as a hair stylist at Dime Salon. She is married to Paul Brothers and has two children.2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Mead Guide: Team Nova Scotia

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brothers, Jill 1983 births Living people Canadian mixed curling champions Canadian people of German descent Canadian women curlers Curlers from Nova Scotia Curlers from Ontario People from Bedford, Nova Scotia People from Queens County, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia