A bonspiel is a curling tournament — part competition, part celebration, and a long-standing tradition at clubs around the world.
Each year we host a slate of recurring spiels for every kind of curler: rookies finding their rhythm, competitive teams chasing prizes, outdoor ice under the northern sky, neon nights, doubles, and more. Browse the events below and explore photos from years past.
The Alaska Challenge cup is a new event starting in 2025 that has teams playing down in local clubs throughout Alaska. Winnings teams play each other at this event, earning points for their respective home clubs. The club that accumulates the most points wins!
This is our yearly showdown for the Army and Air Force. Let's see who comes out on top as teams that register declare which side they are curling for!
One of the Fairbanks Curling Clubs oldest bonspiels the Denali State Bank Cash spiel was previously the "Yukon Title" for many years running. Recently Denali State Bank has generously taken over the sponsorship of this event and provided some of the cash prizes that go to our winnings curlers. This is a competitive event with money on the line and always proves to be a good time to watch great curling.
The Fairbanks Curling Club started hosting this annual 5 & Under National qualifier in 2023. We have thoroughly enjoyed hosting teams from around the country and are thilled to provide Alaskan curlers a chance to compete at a National-style event.
You heard it, 5 & Under; but we don't mean under 5 years old! This bonspiel is for teams who want to compete for a chance to qualify for the 5 & Under National Championships, a 'USA Curling' sponsored event for curlers who have 5 or less years of curling experience.
We hope to keep hosting this event into the future in order to promote 5U curling in Fairbanks and Alaska as a whole, as well as attract out-of-town teams to curl in the Last Frontier!
The 2026 Furthest North 5 & Under Bonspiel is scheduled to be January 15-18, 2026! We have extended this spiel to Thur-Sun to spread out games and give travelling teams opportunities to explore Alaska between matches. Cost: $500/team
Registration cost includes:
5-game guarantee, several meals, discounted merch, and other potential extras!
We will be live-streaming games on our FCC Youtube Channel! Links will be shared before the event.
Furthest North 5 & Under Bonspiel Format:
Anticipated Schedule:
Thursday:
Morning: All-team meeting + brunch
Afternoon: Practice sessions. Possibility of one game per team Thur afternoon - schedule depending.
Evening: Regular FCC leagues will run as planned (5:30-9:30pm). Free to watch. Bar will be open! Possible 5U social event and/or other planned activities.
Friday:
All day: Round robin games. 2 games per team.
Evening: Regular FCC leagues will run as planned (5:30-9:30pm).
Dinner Fundraiser for the FCC Junior Curler Program
Saturday:
All day: Round robin games. 2 games per team.
Evening: Alaskan Potluck dinner (Free for curlers!)
Sunday:
Morning: Quarterfinals
Afternoon: Semifinals and Finals (finals may start as late as 6pm -this is TBD)
The winning team of the Furthest North 5U will earn a spot at the 5 & Under National Championships that will be held in April 2026 in Seattle at the Granite Curling Club.
Get out your neon cloths because this spiel is all about glowing and black lights. The club brings out black lights to do glow curling during this event each year and it's bound to be a blast.
A great long history of this bonspiel exists at the fairbanks curling club. Going on 88th year of this international, we draw curlers from around the country and Canada to compete in a 4-event bracket with an ultimate showdown for Bonspiel Champion between the A bracket winners and the B bracket winners who wrap around. This event is packed with teams and around the clock curling was part of its history. Great food, Great friends, Great Curling always marks then end of our season as we turn off the ice after the first wekend in April at the conclusion of our international bonspiel.
Each year we gather after Christmas day to work off some of the lounging around and food we took in over the holidays. This is a great short event with some margaritas and we mix people up into teams for a one day fun spiel.
Starting in 2018 The Fairbanks Curling Club partnered with Ester Fire Department and we take over their outdoor ice skating rink for a weekend of fun curling on natural ice outdoors. This event is always a blast, weather permitting of course.
Every year the Fairbanks Curling Club hosts a Rookie Spiel geared towards giving more experience to new curlers by pairing teams of two expereicned curlers with two new curlers. The spiel always happens the weekend after thanksgiving and is a great time. There is always a new theme and costums are encouraged.
The Shamrock Doubles Spiel happens yearly at the Fairbanks Curling Club. This spiel is our only doubles spiel of the year and is for cash and raffle prizes. Lucky Leon the Leprachaun gets up to no good every year around St. Patty's day and he stashes coins to his pot of gold around the club. Earn yours by being lucky enough to have certain situations happen during your games and get a raffle ticket.