Jill Brothers
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Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar [pronounced "MOW-zer"]) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third on Team Christina Black. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia.
CareerEdit
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 Nova Scotia at the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge, Alberta<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with teammates Meredith Harrison, Teri Lake, and Hayley Clarke. They finished with a 3-8 record.
Brothers played lead for Nova Scotia (skipped by Mark Dacey) at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, an event which she won.
In 2010, Brothers moved to Ontario and begun playing for Kirsten Wall 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. 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, 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, but were eliminated after pool play, finishing with a 2-5 record.
The 2021 Nova Scotia Scotties was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, so the Nova Scotia Curling Association appointed Brothers and her team to represent the province at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, as the 2020 provincial champion Mary-Anne Arsenault 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 moving up to play lead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the Tournament of Hearts, Brothers led team Nova Scotia to a 3–5 record, failing to make it to the championship round.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
At the beginning of the 2024-25 curling season, team Christina Black announced that Brothers would be joining the team as third, alongside Jenn Baxter and Karlee Everist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>The team had success in their first season together, winning the Tier 2 event of the 2024 Tour Challenge, qualifying them for the 2024 National Grand Slam, where they lost in the Quarterfinals to Anna Hasselborg. Black would also go on to fin the 2025 NS Women's Championship, beating clubmate Mackenzie Mitchell in the final, qualifying the team to represent Nova Scotia at the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2025 Scotties, the Black rink finished 2nd in Pool B with a 6–2 record, and would make it to the semifinals, where she lost to Kerri Einarson 9–8 after a measurement in the 10th end, winning a bronze medal for Nova Scotia.
Personal lifeEdit
Brothers is employed as technical director with the Nova Scotia Curling Association.<ref name="MG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> She has two children<ref>2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Mead Guide: Team Nova Scotia</ref> and is married to broadcaster Paul Brothers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Grand Slam recordEdit
| Event | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Tour Challenge | T2 |
| The National | QF |
Former eventsEdit
| Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Gold | DNP | Q | Q | DNP |
| Wayden Transportation | Q | DNP | N/A | N/A |
| Sobeys Slam | QF | Q | N/A | Q |