SEISER ALM/ALPE DI SIUSI. Following on from the successful Parallel Night Luge Race on natural track in 2014 and the Junior Natural Track Luge World Cup, from 24th to 26th of February 2017 will be the “kick-off” for the next major event. For the first time, the “Fèdération Internationale de Luge de Course” (FIL) is entrusting the three sport clubs in the Sciliar (Schlern) region with the organization of the FIL Youth Games on the Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi (ITA).
The young talents, aged 6 to 13, will deliver exciting competitions on the self-groomed Alpe di Siusi/Compatsch racing track. This FIL Youth Games in the Sciliar region are an important landmark in promoting young people and thus constitutes another piece in the mosaic on the road to include the sport of natural track luge in the Olympic family. Around 70 athletes from several nations, who will be measuring themselves against each other in different categories, will be represented on the Sciliar mountain plateau.
The OK team is especially pleased at the participation of the fifteen athletes from the Sciliar region who will be competing on behalf of the Italian nation. These young talents of the tradition association ASV Fiè allo Sciliar will hopefully one day follow in the footsteps of the most successful luger, Patrick Pigneter.
„With the settlement of FIL Youth Games we would like to reinforce the youth work. This platform will be used from young people to get in competition with athletes at international level. On Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi we try to bring luge on natural track closer to people“, says Evi Mitterstieler, member oft the Luge Commission on „Fèdération Internationale de Luge de Course“.

Program:
Friday, 24.2.2017
        arrival at Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi, viewing of racetrack
3:30 pm    1st team captain’s meeting and draw of start numbers in the finish area
4:30 pm    1st training run
6:30 pm    Opening ceremony of FIL Youth Games in the finish area
7:30 pm    The promoter invites all athletes and childminders to Pizza-Party at „Nordic Ski             Center“ on Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi

Saturday, 25.2.2017
        drive to Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi
10:00 am    2nd training run
11:30 am    lunch at finish area
4:00 pm    game-challenge at „Telfen“ tennis hall in Castelrotto
6:00 pm    dinner at the bar of „Telfen“ tennis hall

Sunday, 26.2.2017
        drive to Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi
9:30 am    2nd team captain’s meeting    
10 am         1st run
11:30 am    2nd run
        lunch at finish area
1:30 pm     price giving of the game-challenge, afterwards award ceremony in the finish area