Always fascinated by curling but never tried it out? Now's your chance!

Take the first step into curling and Learn to Curl with Aksarben Curling at Baxter Arena in Omaha! All ages and abilities can give curling a try. 

Come try curling with us on the following dates:

• Sunday, January 5 at 12pm: Learn to Curl (single session)
• Sunday, January 12 at 12pm: Learn to Curl (single session)
• Saturday, January 18 at 6:30pm: Learn to Curl (single session)
• Saturday, February 22 at 4:15pm: Newcomers Instructional League (3 week program)

Stay tuned for more information about Learn to Curls this summer and fall! The bulk of our Learn to Curls and Instructional Leagues occur from September through March each year.

Subscribe to our emails or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or X (formerly Twitter) to learn about our next Learn to Curl events!

Pictured: Nic Swiercek, Doug Michel, Sean Morrison, David Hill, Nic Ridder

In October 2024, Aksarben Curling's Team Ridder competed at the 2024 USA Curling Arena National Championship at the Wausau Curling Center in Wasau, WI.

After going 2-3 in pool play, Team Ridder earned a spot in the quarterfinals qualification game based on head-to-head tiebreakers. In the qualification game, they defeated Wine Country Curling's Team Betts to earn a spot in the semi-finals. There, Team Ridder won a pool play rematch against Cedar Rapids Curling's Team Tesch to advance to the finals. Team Ridder then played Wine Country Curling's Team Spangler in the gold/silver game. Team Spangler ultimately prevailed and Team Ridder won the silver medal!

Congratulations to Team Ridder's Nic Ridder, David Hill, Doug Michel, Sean Morrison, and Nic Swiercek!

Special thank you to all of the Aksarben Curling members who cheered on Team Ridder remotely from Omaha at home and at our livestream watch parties! We truuly had the gold medalists of cheering back home!

Congratulation to all of the 2024 USA Curling Arena National Champions:

Men's division
Gold: Team Spangler (Wine Country Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)
Silver: Team Ridder (Aksarben Curling, Mid-America Curling Association)
Bronze: Team Curtis (Rocket City Curling, Grand National Curling Club)

Women's Division
Team Asis (Silicon Valley Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)
Team Segovia (Houston Curling, Mid-America Curling Association)
Team Feldman (Wine Country Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)

Thank you to all of the amazing hosts at the Wausau Curling Club, all of the ice technicians who made the ice amazing all week, and all of the staff and officials at USA Curling for running such a great event!

The 2024-2025 curling season kicks off in September! Here's a preview of our upcoming season:

Pictured: Steve Jaixen, Buffy Linke, Chris Becher, Scott Jordan

On April 12-14, 2024, Aksarben Curling hosted its Season Championship bonspiel at Baxter Arena. The event featured sixteen teams including the champions of our 10 fall and winter leagues, our top college league team, the 2022-2023 defending champs, and four wild card lottery teams.

Teams competed for the Katie Beck Championship Cup, our annual trophy honoring the legacy of Katie Beck, one of Aksarben Curling's most accomplished curlers. Read more about Katie Beck's legacy and curlers' memories of Katie Beck.

Teams played in 4-team groups that broke into semi-finals and finals. Participating teams included:

Group A
Naughty or Ice (Winter Sunday 6:45pm)
Wire Wombats (Winter Tuesday 8pm)
Stone Cold (Team Aksarben - defending champs)
Cobra Kai Curling (Wild Card)

Group B
Team Anderson (Winter Sunday 2:15pm)
Sixteen Stones (Fall Friday 7pm)
Taken for Granite (Fall Tuesday 8pm)
Little Raise of Sunshine (Wild Card)

Group C
No Stone Left Unturned (Wild Card)
Buff N Stuff (Fall Sunday 2:15pm)
The Bee's Knees (Wild Card)
Moore Trash (Fall Sunday 6:45pm)

Group D
UNO Curling (College League)
RockSteady (Fall Sunday 4:30pm)
The Ice Is Right (Winter Friday 7pm)
Hollaback Curls (Winter Sunday 4:30pm)

Congratulations to our season champions!

2023-2024 Season Champions
Buff N Stuff
Steve Jaixen (second), Buffy Linke (skip), Chris Becher (vice), Scott Jordan (lead)

2023-2024 Season Championship Runners-Up
Naughty or Ice
Alex Wilson (lead), Amanda Wilson (skip), Nic Ridder (second), Meredith Daniels (vice)

2023-2024 Season Championship Third Place
Taken for Granite
Sean Morrison (lead - subbing for Mo Shukry), Matt Suder (skip), Jeff Friesen (vice), Doug Johnson (lead)

2023-2024 Season Championship Semi-Finalist
RockSteady
CaSandra Johnson (vice), Steve Kraft (skip), Rob Latimer (second), Kristen Peterson (lead)

New to curling? We got you covered with what you need to know!

Check out this handy Curling Basics 101  from our friends at Cedar Rapids Curling. It provides everything you need to know about the history of curling, game play, scoring, sportsmanship, and key terms.

Two-minute Video Explainer: