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