SCARA 2009 : Children International Alpine Ski Races

This 29th edition of "La SCARA" will happens April 8th and 9th 2009.
Created 33 years ago to confront the children from Val d’Isère Ski Club with the children of other Ski Clubs training in our resort, this race was named ‘”the Children Easter Cup’”. After three years, this race became a French children race to officially end up the season. Year after year, French Ski Clubs were coming in ever increasing numbers. Later, after the accident of Hervé SCARAFFIOTTI, a member of the French Ski Team and of the Val d’Isère Ski Club, the organising committee decided to organise a Memorial in his honour and our race became "The Children Easter Cup - Memorial Hervé SCARAFFIOTTI"
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FROM SCARAFFIOTTI TO "SCARA"

 The following year, the race entered the International children ski race calendar. The Club des Sports de Val d’Isère joined the select clubs organising children races like the one organising the famous “TOPOLINO”. This new concept allowed Val d’Isère to get together the best European children to end up their ski season. Val d’Isère today is one of the few privileged ski clubs which can get together in one given season the world Elite with the Critérium de la 1ère Neige and their heirs with this children race. Since 1990, the race was also opened to girls. 11 years ago, the race changed name and became the SCARA, the local nickname of the family SCARAFFIOTTI.

TODAY

 Today, the SCARA serves as a qualification for racers’ future selection at a national level. Another characteristic of this race is to allow the best French racers, boys and girls to compete with their counterparts of numerous nations.

SOME FAMOUS SCARA'S WINNERS !

 Among the WINNERS of the SCARA who made their national teams in later years and raced in the FIS Alpine World Cup events, in Winter Olympic Games or World Championships :
Luc ALPHAND (FRA), Patrice BIANCHI (FRA), Adrien DUVILLARD (FRA), Rainer SALZGEBER (AUT), Armand SCHIELE (FRA), Joël CHENAL (FRA), Gaétan LLORACH (FRA) , Pierre-Emmanuel DALCIN (FRA), Anna OTTOSSON (SWE) , Sébastien FOURNIER (FRA), Antoine DENERIAZ (FRA), Marianne BRECHU (FRA), Janica KOSTELIC (CRO), Anja PAERSON (SWE), Markus LARSSON (SWE), Frédéric COVILI (FRA), Carolina RUIZ-CASTILLO (SPA), Laurence LAZIER (FRA), Nika FLEISS (CRO).

1995 : JANICA KOSTELIC & ANJA PAERSON RULES THE GIRLS RACES

 Janica KOSTELIC Croatia - winner of the 1995 SCARA - Slalom Girls 1
Janica along with Anja has proven to be an outstanding skier and competitor. Prior to her recent retirement, her victories are immense. Since the start and despite her injuries, she has never stopped making ski history by winning many crystal globes among which 3 overall. Her performance in Olympic games or World championships is unique and outstanding : 3 gold and 1 silver medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, 1 gold and 1 silver medal in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games (the only woman to have won gold medals in all four disciplins), two times winner in the Saint Moritz 2003 World Championships, three times winner in the Bormio 2005 World Championships. Janica with her brother Ivica contributed in bringing Croatia among the elite alpine skiing countries.

Anja PAERSON Sweden - winner of the 1995 SCARA - Slalom and Super G Girls 2
The dynamic swede from Taernaby has also an outstanding number of victories since 1999. Besides many crystal globes (overall, slalom and giant slalom), Anja won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games, one silver and one bronze at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games. She also won the Super G and the Giant Slalom in the 2005 Bormio World Championships and in 2007 in Are she became three times world champion (Super G, Giant Slalom, Super Combined).

ANOTHER OLYMPIC CHAMPION WIN THE SCARA !

 Antoine DENERIAZ France – winner of the 1989 SCARA - Super G Boys 1
The tall downhiller from Morillon has proven his great talent by winning the downhill at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.

LA SCARA IN NUMBERS :

  The “SCARA” and the “TOPOLINO” in Italy are the two most important international races for children, by number of participants, number of nations and the amount of great names among the winners.
The SCARA is now considered in the ski world as a real “Children World Championships”, even if the name “World Championships” normally only applies to “older” categories…
 
Number of racers : 1 400 children

Distribution :
  • 1 100 French skiers who race during 2 days to qualify for the international races,
  • 300 foreign skiers.
Days of competition :
  • 2 days of French qualifications followed by
  • 2 days of international races.
Number of nations :
  • 30 nations participating in the international races.
Categories :
  • FIS Children 1 and children 2 (French categories: Benjamins 1 and 2 and Minimes 1 and 2), girls and boys from 12 to 15 years old.
29th Edition

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