The Space Race
5-and-Under Bonspiel
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The Rocket City Curling Club is excited to announce that our second-annual Space Race 5U Bonspiel will be held on March 31 - April 2, 2023 in Huntsville, AL. This bonspiel is open to all players with 5 or fewer years of eligibility (2020 does not count towards eligibility—click here for details). Teams can be made up of any combination of men and women.
This year's Space Race will also be a Qualifier Event for USA Curling's 2023 Five-and-Under National Championship. The winner will be invited to be one of 24 teams completing at the 5U National Championship on April 19-23, 2023, at Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, MN.
In addition to competitive 5U teams, we highly encourage new teams to consider making The Space Race your first bonspiel! We think that once you've attended your first bonspiel, you'll be hooked on curling for life!
Up to 32 team spots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The price is $400 per team or $100 per individual. This includes a 3 game guarantee for the event, and all meals provided.
On Friday night, we'll also be hosting a just-for-fun Shorties mini-tournament. Never played shorties before? Trust us... it's a BLAST! (Ha! Rocket joke.) Check out the shorties rules here.
And on Saturday night we'll have our Basket Drawing. Rocket City club members will be putting together a bunch of great gift baskets that we'll raffle off. If your team would like to bring a gift basket to throw into the mix, we'd love to have it!
(Note to Rocket City Curling Club members: We'll have a limited number of spots reserved for RCCC teams that will be assigned by lottery. RCCC members can register here. Please don't use the buttons below.)
Please contact us at bonspiels@rocketcitycurlingclub.org if you have any questions
Register using the link below. In a few weeks, we'll contact you by email and provide a payment link.
Thursday
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Meet & Greet reception at The Brass Tap, 933 Bob Wallace Ave SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
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Great craft beer, great food, wine, cocktails, etc.
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Starting at around 7:30 PM or 8:00 PM or so
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Totally informal. Just pop in for drinks or dinner at one of our sponsors, and hang with your fellow curlers.
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Friday
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Breakfast provided 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
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Draws at 9:00 AM, 11:20 AM and 1:40 PM
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Lunch provided 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Draws at 4:40 PM and 7:00 PM
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Dinner provided 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, featuring BBQ, pasta and tuna melts prepared by our club members. We’ll also have vegetarian, Lent-friendly, and gluten-free options.
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Moon Rocks Shorties Mini-Tournament beginning 9:00 PM or so.
Saturday
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Breakfast provided 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
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Draws at 9:00 AM, 11:20 AM and 1:40 PM
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Lunch provided 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Draws at 4:40 PM and 7:00 PM
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Dinner provided 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, It's Cajun Night, featuring jambalaya, red beans and rice, cajun sausage, a bunch of Cajun-appropriate sides!
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Basket Drawings in the Party Room beginning at 9:00 PM
Sunday
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Breakfast provided 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
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Piping in at 9:45 AM
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Championship Draw at 10:00 AM
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Trophy presentations immediately following the games
We will be updating scores in real time on our Bonspieler page. Once it's ready, you'll be able to click the link below!
The brackets and team rosters can be found here:
Also, click here for a link to our bonspiel rules.
IMPORTANT: YOU SHOULD PRE-ORDER YOUR SHIRTS IF YOU WANT THEM! All pre-ordered shirts will be available for pickup at the bonspiel starting March 31st, 2023.
We will have very limited quantity of shirts available to purchase on site. But once they're gone, they're gone. So if you really want one, you should definitely pre-order!
The shirt is a Triblend (50% polyester / 25% combed ringspun cotton / 25% rayon) buttery soft style. The color is a Navy Heather.
The standout feature of this shirt is the large retro rocket design on the back, which pays homage to the golden age of space exploration. The front of the shirt features a pocket Space Race logo.
This design will only be available in 2023. If you miss it now, it's gone!
The pre-order sale will end on 11:59PM on March 19th, so be sure to place your order before then to secure your shirt.
Brooms Up Curling Supplies will be on site with their trailer full of brooms, shoes, gloves, replacement heads, and everything else you could possibly need!. Just visit their trailer out in front of the Ice Sports Center anytime Friday evening through Sunday morning.
We don't have a reserved block of rooms, but many visiting teams like to stay at the Hampton Inn in south Huntsville, only 6 minutes from the Ice Sports Center where the bonspiel is being held.
Hampton Inn, Huntsville-Arsenal/South Parkway
501 Boulevard South SW
Huntsville, AL 35802
There are also many hotels and AirBnB's in all price ranges in the area, including in and around historic downtown Huntsville.