Undergraduate Calendar 2011-2012

Athletic Department

General Information

Mission
Vision
Values
Goals and Strategies
Facilities and Equipment

Mission

As an integrated part of the Royal Military College, the Athletic Department supports the mission of RMCC by providing operationally oriented physical education, competitive intramural sports, varsity and recreational club programmes for officer-cadets. These programmes provide extensive leadership development opportunities in an atmosphere that helps instill the values of the Canadian Forces, the College and the Department. This is achieved through mandatory Cadet involvement in physically and mentally challenging activities.

Vision

The Athletic Component of the Royal Military College will provide programmes of excellence that contribute to the development of outstanding leaders for the CF who value physically active and healthy lifestyles. These programmes will enhance the national reputation and profile of the College and help attract outstanding athletes.

Values

Loyalty - to your team and/or squadron including obedience of superiors, e.g., coaches and team captains. Loyalty should always be upward first.
Integrity - hinges on consistently giving precedence to ethical values in our decisions and actions.
Courage - Physical courage is a self-evident requirement for contact sports. Moral courage, related to integrity, is also necessary.
Diligence - Persistence, hard work, meticulous attention to detail and perfection of athletic skills all describe diligence in the athletic context.
Fairness - implies treating people, groups and situations justly, equitably, and without bias.
Responsibility - is the ethical obligation that exercises and maintains integrity. Responsibility implies an obligation to be accountable, competent, and caring.
Excellence - the desire to pursue excellence is fundamental to being an outstanding leader and officer.
Physically Active and Healthy Lifestyle - to maintain a good personal level of physical fitness and a healthy body.
Perseverance - striving to finish and/or to win against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, difficulties, pain and/or setbacks.

Goals and Strategies

The Athletic Department's goal is to help attract high quality officer candidates and to develop them into outstanding junior leaders.

Goals in the Department can be described as department or programme oriented and are as follows:

to maintain diverse athletic programmes, i.e., Physical Education, Competitive Intramural Sports, Varsity and Recreation;
to provide athletic programmes that encourage and provide opportunities for development of leadership, physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle;
to take advantage of the flexible and willing support of the RMCC Club and Foundation;
to take advantage of the Red and White Club for recruiting varsity athletes;
to take advantage of the reduced Varsity programme to focus and increase College support for the remaining Varsity sports;
to increase the presence of the RMCC Athletic Department on the Internet and in local, provincial and national media;
to improve upon the historic performance of RMCC Varsity teams;
to gain greater control or influence over the recruiting and selection process for candidates to facilitate the recruiting of Varsity athletes;
to provide recruiting centres, through the Red and White Club, with accurate and correct Athletic Department information for new recruits;
to acquire expanded facilities to facilitate RMCC hosting of athletic events and competitions;
to establish a stable departmental budget; and to contribute to the rationalization and coordination of demands on officer-cadets' time.

Facilities and Equipment

RMCC's athletic facilities are shared with those of CFB Kingston and include a large triple-gymnasium with various combinations of basketball, volleyball and badminton; one field house which includes one 200-meter indoor track and four large sports courts; one 25-meter, 8 lanes pool; one small warm-up pool; one weight training and cardio area; one indoor artificial ice arena; eight soccer fields; five outdoor tennis courts; six squash courts, and two martial arts rooms.

With its location on Lake Ontario, the College has excellent facilities for recreational sailing and boating.

In addition to the athletic facilities, use is made of nearby military recreation facilities, which include an eighteen-hole golf course and a curling rink.

Equipment is provided for participation in the Physical Education programme, Varsity programme, Competitive Intramural Sports programme and Recreational programme.

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