Furthest North 5U National Qualifier Event

When? 1/15/26, 8:00 AM until 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 Thursday to Sunday 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 Semifinal #1, and the winner of 4v5 plays the #2 seed in Semifinal #2

Anticipated Schedule:

Thursday:

Morning: All-team meeting + brunch

Afternoon: Practice sessions. Possibility of one game per team Thur afternoon - schedule depending.

Evening: Draw #1 of round robin games

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.

 

How Much? $125.00

Maximum Participants / Teams: 18