Grassroots Curling

Jean Mills, Writer & Curler. Also tweeting at @jeanmillswriter. Former Curling Canada Writer/Editor Media & Communications team. YA Author #IReadCanadian 🇨🇦

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Mixed Doubles warmups with some familiar faces…
@GuelphCurling
@kirkmuyres @crockerwalker @RHoman89 (Brendan - what’s your @?)
#curling

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Spent many hours on the @CurlingCanada media bench (aka my kitchen table) covering 🇨🇦 teams around the world. Who needs streaming? The suspense between @worldcurling screen refreshes is awesome! @TeamGushue @TeamHoman

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

@Devin_Heroux Brendan might be the most misunderstood curler out there. (Used to be Rachel; remember “You should smile more”?) His calm, intelligent (engineer, right?) approach to the game is a perfect fit for calm, intelligent Brad & team.

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

From my writerly life. I love when writing and #curling intersect! Congrats to the Fergus Curling Club (the oldest continuously operating curling club in Ontario) on your 190th anniversary. @CurlOntario @CurlingCanada https://t.co/SjRDvI4VTx

[Jean Mills @jeanmillswriter]

@WellyAdvertiser Fun Fact: 15 years ago I was asked by the Fergus Curling Club to put together a book celebrating its 175th. Such a fun project! (And does everyone know the sheets at FCC are not numbered 1,2,3,4? Nope, they're 1,8,3,4, of course!) #curling #trycurling

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

A million years ago when I wrote stories for @CurlingCanada this was one of my faves. Team Howard's curling camp showed how much Glenn & team loved the game & its people. We'll miss you on the ice, @howardfour! https://t.co/IeHQSLXOTI

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

The spine-tingling #curling memory that will stay with me forever @TeamGushue Thank you! (And then we all followed it up with that party in The Patch...)

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

When @BradGushue asked buddy to sing #OdeToNewfoundland at the medal presentation at #brier2017 #magic

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Fun Fact: When Selena Sturmay's 🇨🇦team won the silver medal at the 2019 World Juniors in Liverpool NS, the team alternate was Karlee Burgess. #STOH2024 #curling

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Fun Fact: 4 #STOH2024 curlers competed against each other at the 2015 Canada Winter Games - Bayly Scoffin (YT), Dezaray Hawes (BC), Karlee Burgess (MB-J) & Kira Brunton (ON-I), who won gold with NO. Yay for 🇨🇦youth curling development! @BryanMudryk @TSNCurling @CurlingCanada

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Sentimentally transported back to my days on the Curling Canada media bench: long days in a cold arena, followed by late nights in a hotel room, getting media prepared & posted. Ten days of bedlam & bad eating. I loved every minute! (Especially the people!)

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

An article on Performance Marketing World website analyzes the success of the @bet365 marketing campaign using curling.
Okay. But not crazy about the language used: "strange Winter Olympic Sport" & "such an odd little sport."
Sigh. https://t.co/dKjbJYGEZi

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

We’ve come so far, but what fun to look back, right??
@EinarsonTeam @TeamHoman
@TeamKLawes
@TeamJJonesCurl
@TeamMcCarville
@CurlingCanada

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

@SabenaIslam @UnitedWeCurl This is awesome, Sabena! I’m trying to persuade 🇨🇦 #kidlit publishers that we need #curling stories for kids. I’ll be paying close attention to your important and timely initiative!

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

@mikeharriscurls @Devin_Heroux @joaniemccusker @cbccolleenjones I was so “last one out” at #Curl4Canada in Leduc 2018 that there weren’t any shuttles and I had to call a cab to get back to my hotel 🤷‍♀️ #curlinglife

[Curling Canada @CurlingCanada]

Have you heard of Triples Curling yet? It's a new version of the game that's gaining popularity across Canada!

Read all Triples Curling and Saskatchewan's success in implementing it at the youth level ➡️ https://t.co/G7CqHhdLyj

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

@GoldlineCurling Moved to a small town in the Ottawa Valley. Everyone said “Want to meet people? Best way to survive winter? Join the curling club!” 2-sheeter. Best people. Moved away. Still curling (33 years later)… #curling

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Yup. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #curlingislife

[Schenectady Curling @curlschenectady]

Who agrees that “Curling is life”?

This handle was engraved long before Ted Lasso’s Dani Rojas declared that “Football is life”.

#curling #life #schenectady #curlingstone #quote

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Ice melt. End of the season. Sigh. #grassrootscurling

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

In the town where I learned how to curl (in a cozy 2-sheeter), curling history is strong - and makes its way into the weekly paper, too. (Also, you can't make this stuff up....) #curling #grassroots

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Hey! I remember this event @TeamGushue! (Found this forgotten treasure in my old parka pocket) #1

[Grassroots Curling @grassrootscurl]

Actually I was REALLY multitasking! Yes, @TeamKevinKoe vs @TeamMDunstone was on my other screen, on mute, just out of view … 🥌 #Brier2023 @TSNCurling

[Jean Mills @jeanmillswriter]

It’s @canscaip meeting night (talking #kidlit non-fiction with @HeatherCamlot @JGCanada @nataliehyde &Lindsey Carmichael) and I am once again #multitasking #knitting #tea