Bonspiel Range of Idaho. Bonspiels are popular throughout the United States during curling season, typically October through April. Some special bonspiels are held in the summer as well as some that are hosted by clubs that play on arena ice as there are usually fewer scheduling conflicts with other sports at the area such as hockey and figure skating. The most desired bonspiel is the Fire & Ice Bonspiel held at the Chaska Curling Club in Chaska, MN. In Scotland, outdoor bonspiels are now very rare; most lochs that formerly hosted bonspiels, such as Loch Earn, rarely freeze over anymore. The
Sport in the Czech Republic Germany and Serbia. Czech national team lost the both matches, v Germany 22-44 in Prague (4 August) and v Serbia 16-56 in Belgrade (18 August), and finished third. In 2011, the Czech Rugby League Association was admitted to affiliate membership of the Rugby League European Federation after reforming its governance. The national bandy team made its Bandy World Championship debut in 2016. In Nymburk an annual international rink bandy tournament is organised. In 2017 Federation of International Bandy decided to make it an official one. In terms of licensed athletes, bandy is the second biggest winter sport in the world.