Blisse Joyce (born March 6, 1983, in

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Lunenburg () is a port town on the South Shore (Nova Scotia), South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. Historically, Lunenburg's economy relied o ...

, 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. She currently plays third on Team Christina Black. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Career Brothe ...

Career

In 2003, Joyce played second for Robyn Mattie's

Boylston, Nova Scotia Boylston is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County. There is a provincial park campground in Boylston. Geography Boylston is at the intersection of ...

, junior rink. They won their provincial junior championship, giving them the right to represent Nova Scotia at the 2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships 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 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. She currently plays third on Team Christina Black. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Career Brot ...

(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 Marie Cantin. 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 Colisée may refer to: Canada * Colisée de Québec, also known as Colisée ...

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

Linn Githmark Linn Catharina Cavallius Githmark (born 26 September 1982) is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played on the Norwegian team that won a silver medal at the world championships. Githmark played on t ...

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 Canadians, Canadian Curling, 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 Cur ...

, 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 curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...

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 education, undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some Postgraduate education, graduate programs at the master's level and one at the Doctorate, doctor ...

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 21st-century Canadian sportswomen