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Rookie Spiel

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.

Hall of Fame

2026 Furthest North 5 & Under Qualifier Bonspiel 2026

1/15/26, 8:00 AM - 1/18/26, 8:00 PM

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:

  • 18 team limit
  • 3 pools of 6 teams
  • Timed games (30 min of 'Thinking Time' for each team)
  • 'No Tick Rule' in effect
  • LSD shots before each game - to determine hammer and count towards DSC scores (tiebreakers in pool play)
  • No broomhead restrictions ("legal" broom head covers are mandatory at National Championship events)
  • Round Robin play within each pool (5 pool play games per team) and pools determined by peer seeding process
  • Top 2 teams from each pool move onto the playoffs. Top 2 teams with best records will have a BYE into the semifinals. Quarterfinals are 3rd seed vs 6th seed overall, and 4th seed vs 5th seed overall. Winner of 3v6 plays the #1 seed in Semifianl #1, and the winner of 4v5 plays the #2 seed in Semifinal #2

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.

 

Participating Teams

Team ID Players
Team-1960 Jeffrey Brice , Tracy White , Phil Glaeser , Shawneen Gonzalez
Team-1961 Jennifer Hyde , Josh Hamilton , James Yogi , Pete Condon
Team-1962 Kimberly Hetrick , Ian Purcell , Austin Krohn , Emily Domanico
Team-1963 Cyndi Parrish , Andrew Parrish , Raven MacDaniels , Suzanne McAuley
Team-1964 Caroline Bisio , Jacob Patterson , Asa Barth-Maron , Samantha Courage
Team-1965 Ryan Maas , Kyle Anderman , Anthony Martinez , Harrison Thede
Team-1968 Dean Cox , Zaid Hamzeh , Aftyn Kringen , Jason Kronstad
Team-1969 Sonja Wesche , Thorsten Frank , Brendan Sheehy , Amanda Willey
Team-1970 Trevor Duersch , Skyler Anderson , Steve Gickling , Tchelsey Perkins
Team-1973 Parker Temple , Charles Schrag , Kristen Lee , Piper Brase
Team-1974 Jonathan Beverley , Jim Pace , Sean Marlow , Alden Harrell
Team-1975 John Casey , Anna O'Shea , Bela Ordonez , Matt Hoepfner
Team-1976 Ian andrew , Mark Longwell , Kim Giles , Mike Lopykinski
Team-1978 Joseph Auterman , Cyprus Kirk , James Lamp , Kar Fedosh
Team-1994 Mark Hill , Brandi Neuterman , Rob Patterson , Donovan Glade
Team-1995 Ballard Saul , Kelly Croll , Hannah Guzzi , Marcelo Leone
Team-2122 Jake Hovenden , Carey Fristoe , Luke Ponchione , Galen Kornowske
Team-2132 Charles Kilpatrick , Andrew Stiegmann , Evan Bulger , James Balog