The Space Race

5-and-Under Bonspiel

Event
Details

The Rocket City Curling Club is excited to announce that our sixth annual Space Race 5U Bonspiel will be held on April 2 - 4, 2027 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.

The Space Race will also be a Qualifier Event for USA Curling's 2027 Five-and-Under National Championship. to be held at CurlVegas from May 4th through May 9th, 2027. The winner will be invited to be one of 24 teams competing at that event.

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-served basis.

The price is $480 per team. This includes a 3 game guarantee for the event, with all meals provided.

On Saturday night we'll play our Shooting Stars 50/50 game. Purchase some stars at the merch table, and then meet up on the balcony after the last draw (about 9 PM) and we'll throw hundreds of stars out onto the ice. Whoever comes closest to the target wins half the proceeds (up to $500 payout). There will also be some targets for drink vouchers and other fun gifts!

We'll also have our Basket Drawing Saturday night. Rocket City club members will be putting together an assortment 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!

Please contact us at bonspiels@rocketcitycurlingclub.org if you have any questions.

Starting at Noon CST on Sunday, November 8, 2026, all teams can register using the links below.

Guest Team Registration

Rocket City Team Registration

Schedule

Thursday

Meet & Greet reception at one of our local breweries. (TBD)
- Great craft beer
- Delicious Food
- Starting at around 7:00 PM or so in the upstairs area
- Totally informal. Just pop in for drinks or maybe dinner and hang with your fellow curlers.

Friday

Breakfast provided 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Continental assortment of pastries, fruit, coffee
Draws at 8:00 AM and 10:20 AM
Lunch provided 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
- (2026 menu) Soup and Potato Bar featuring clam chowder, chili, and broccoli cheddar soup.
Draws at 12:40 PM and 3:20 PM
Dinner provided 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- (2026 menu) Home Cooking Extravaganza with meatloaf, lemon garlic cream tilapia, pork loin with gravy, lemon pepper gravy, mashed taters, rice, sherry cream brussels sprouts, and roasted vegetables.
Draws at 5:40 PM and 8:00 PM

Saturday

Breakfast provided 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Continental assortment of pastries, fruit, coffee
Draws at 9:00 AM and 11:20 AM
Lunch provided 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
- (2026 menu) Brad's Famous Homemade BBQ featuring pulled pork, turkey, and sausage with mac and cheese, baked beans, slaw, and potato salad.
Draws at 1:40 PM and 4:20 PM
Dinner provided 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- (2026 menu) Italian Feast including meatball marinara with pasta, check alfredo, vodka chicken, vegetable pesto pasta, Italian sausages with peppers and onions, seasoned green beans and corn, and Caesar's salad.
Draw at 6:40 PM
Late Night Fun
- Shooting Stars 50/50 Contest on the balcony above the ice at 9:00 PM
- Basket Drawings in the Party Room beginning at 9:15 PM
- Stephen's World Famous Tuna Melts to snack on!

Sunday

Breakfast provided 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
- Continental assortment of pastries, fruit, coffee, and featuring Laura's Mom's Banana Nut Bread
Draw at 9:00 AM
Piping in and Championship Draw at 11:30 AM
Trophy presentations immediately following the games

Brackets

During the bonspiel, we'll be updating scores in real time on our Bonspieler page. Click the link below!

The brackets and team rosters can be found here:

Also, click here for a link to our bonspiel rules.

Live Scores and Brackets

Online Brackets and Roster

Shirts

All pre-ordered shirts will be available for pickup at the bonspiel starting April 2, 2026. We will also 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 buttery soft Triblend (50% polyester / 25% combed ringspun cotton / 25% rayon) in heathered black. And this year, we also have a sweatshirt available!

This design will only be available in 2027. If you miss it now, it's gone!

Visit this link or click the button below to order.

Pre-Order Shirts Here!

Brooms Up
Curling Supplies

Brooms Up Curling Supplies will be on site Saturday, from 11 AM to 7 PM 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.

Hotel Info

Contact
Us

Rocket City Curling Club

bonspiels@rocketcitycurlingclub.org