2017 EXPANSION GRANT PROJECT REPORTS MARTHA'SVINEYARD ARENA

Renovation Project

Award: $1,000,000

Mission: To provide a safe, healthy and self-sustaining recreational facility that fulfillsthe skating needsof all the residentsand visitors of Martha?sVineyard.

TheYMCA of Martha?sVineyardIceArenahastheprivilegeof servingasthefacility host-homefor Islandyouth servingorganizationsMV FigureSkatingClub,MV Youth Hockey,MV Regional High School Girls& BoysJV & varsity teams

TheMV FigureSkatingClub,navigatingtheskatingworldthroughout Covid-19,has provideduniqueopportunities,suchasvirtual testing,whichmany of theskaters participatedin.Throughthevirtual testingprocess,Ryan GiordanobecameMVFSC secondUSFigureSkatingDoubleGoldMedalist inJanuary 2022 Spring2022, MVFSCannual IceShow productionreturned,Live,Love,Skate Theannual IceShow is theculmination of theskater?sskatingseasonhighlightingtheir achievements Over 100 skatersperformwithafull audiencefor bothperformances

TheMV Youth Hockey programcontinued itsstrongnumbersin2022 and had significant post seasonsuccessintheU8,U10C,U14A andU18A programsall winningtheleaguechampionshipsinSpring2022.Thestart of the2022-23 season saw anincreaseinthenumber of teamsofferedby theprogram Inadditiontothe traditional HouseMitesand instructional programs,MVYH addedtwoUnder 8 Travel Teamsand anUnder 12 and 14 GirlsTravel Teams

TheMVRHSgirlsprogramfoundnew lifeinthe2021-22 season After not recording awinthepreviousseason,thegirlsfinishedintheSpringof 2022 witha7-10 season withgreat promisefor thecomingseason. TheFall of 2022 saw anumber of freshmanenter thehighschool fromtheyouth hockey program,and thefutureof the programlooksbright

TheboysMVRHSteamclosedout the2021-2022 seasonwithanother Capeand IslandsLighthouseLeagueChampionshipwithaninvitationtotheMIAA State Tournament followinga13-3-1 Season The2022-23 seasonstartedslow witha0-3 start,but abuzzwascreatedafter 3 winsinatournament to endtheyear.