Harbour City Lakers' mission is to provide a ringette experience that inspires excellence, promotes good health, develops character and builds strong relationships that strengthen our community. We recognize a broad range of abilities and commitment among our athletes. We strive to provide age-appropriate instruction and competition within the constraints of time and available resources.

Harbour City Lakers does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin or religious affiliations. We seek to place athletes, with similar desires and objectively assessed abilities, together to maximize their enjoyment and development.

In the right environment, sport comes closer than almost any other cultural activity in delivering equal opportunity for all. This environment – one that is fair, safe and open to everyone – creates a sport experience that will teach the right lessons and will celebrate physical and ethical achievements. This is what we know as good sport. It is with this intent that we are committed to a fun and fair environment that develops self-confidence and leadership skills. This commitment begins with our Coach Selection Process and continues with our Player Selection Process.

Our sport and its coaches teach skills and strategy, and contribute to building character in youth. Although competition and the desire to win is an important element of any sport, when good sport is sacrificed for winning at all costs, the sport, the athletes, the coaches and the community lose something special. The future of our sport lies with great coaches and, as such, we are committed to recruiting, developing and mentoring the best coaches available and to ensuring they deliver programming that is fair, safe and open to everyone.

To achieve these goals, Harbour City Lakers is committed to creating an atmosphere where NCCP trained or certified coaches, the True Sport Principles and the Responsible Coaching Movement are implemented, working in balance with one another at all times. The objectives of the Harbour City Lakers are:
• To develop ringette skills and teach athletes how to compete to the best of their abilities (Go For It);
• To develop sportsmanship, fair play, pride and achievement through involvement in ringete (Play Fair);
• To teach athletes, coaches and parents the importance of respecting all those who come to play including respect for teammates, coaches, opponents, referees and officials (Respect Others);
• To provide a competitive sport experience that is enjoyable and rewarding for the athletes (Keep It Fun);
• To ensure that the athletes are developed in a way that promotes and protects their safety and wellbeing (Stay Healthy);
• To create opportunities for everyone to play regardless of ability, gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin or religious affiliations (Include Everyone); and
• To foster an understanding among our athletes that their community supports their ringette dreams and the importance therefore of behaving as positive role models and in ways that contribute to improving the quality of life in their community (Give Back).

The Harbour City Lakers are committed to the True Sport Principles. By promoting sport at its best—good sport – we seize the opportunity to instill character in our kids, strengthen our communities and increase our opportunities for excellence.2