CFMA Certification
Program
CFMA Certification Program
The CFMA works hard to safeguard our exciting sport through implementing and following strong safety, training, and certification processes. As Mounted Archery is a relatively new and quickly growing sport, guidance, direction, and support at the level of education, club training, and competition development is one of our primary means to mitigate risk to our archers and horses and the sport.
To assist in this goal, the CFMA is constantly working to expand its education materials and outreach activities, and has implemented the following certification programs:
The duty of the Safety Officer is to ensure the safety of all participants and to adhere to the safe archery practices as out lined in the Safety and Risk Management Guide . Safety Officers are present at club events to ensure safe practices and to assist instructors and/or coaches.
Instructors are individuals deemed by the CFMA to competently, safely, and effectively introduce and teach the skills of mounted archery to students from beginner to advanced level. The aim of the MA Instructor is to teach the mounted archer and the MA horse the required skills from basic to advanced level on their quest to personal development and personal achievement in mounted archery. Certified instructors should have all the necessary knowledge and expertise associated with ground and mounted archery.
The CFMA strongly encourages every certified instructor to continue learning more about ground and mounted archery, horse care and training, athlete and equine nutrition, and other related knowledge, and to constantly improve their teaching ability in order to become the best Mounted Archery Instructor they can be.
Coaches have all the qualifications of instructors. The expanded task of a MA coach is to guide, train, and further the competition-oriented athlete and their mount in their competitive journey. For this, the MA coach should have personal competition experience, and must be well-versed in various MA competition disciplines.
The above links bring you to the respective pages that provide the requirements and prerequisites for these certifications, and the instructions for applying for these certifications through the CFMA.
In addition, we encourage all our members to expand their repertoire and knowledge, and explore what international and national organizations in other countries have to offer. For example, the International Horseback Archery Alliance (IHAA) has a very impressive and free online education course and certification to be a horse archery competition judge: http://ihaa.info/pages/learning/judge_accreditation.php
Canada currently (as of November 2022) leads the World List of accredited Level 1 Judges.
Furthermore, the CFMA maintains a registry of our certified Safety Officers, Instructors, and Coaches, and Judges certified through other organizing bodies (e.g., IHAA, WFEA, WHAF) .
Please note that most of these certifications require renewal and re-certification after a certain amount of time.
CFMA Certified Safety Officers
| Name | Club | Province | Date Certified | Expiry of Cert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donat Koller |
Spur Valley Mounted Archery |
British Columbia |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Erin Jardin |
Arrowhead Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
July 28, 2022 |
July 28, 2024 |
|
Luraina Undershute |
Spur Valley Mounted Archery |
British Columbia |
August 5, 2022 |
August 5, 2024 |
|
Heather Button |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
New Brunswick |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Sarah Clarke |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Shelley Porter |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
April 11, 2022 |
April 11, 2024 |
|
April Gardiner |
Wild Hearts Mounted Archery |
Nova Scotia |
May 29, 2022 |
May 29, 2024 |
|
Sonja Koch |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Kendall Goddard |
Golden Horseshoe Mounted Archery |
Ontario |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Marnie Warman |
Golden Horseshoe Mounted Archery |
Ontario |
July 28, 2022 |
July 28, 2024 |
|
Maxwell Souter |
Golden Horseshoe Mounted Archery |
Ontario |
July 28, 2022 |
July 28, 2024 |
|
Carlie Boisvert |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
July 28, 2022 |
July 28, 2024 |
|
Uwe Schneider |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Emma Latto |
Paladin Horse Archers |
Prince Edward Island |
April 11, 2022 |
April 11, 2024 |
|
Marina Wright |
Paladin Horse Archers |
Prince Edward Island |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
|
Audrey Ann B. Meloche |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Quebec |
March 20, 2022 |
March 20, 2024 |
CFMA Certified Mounted Archery Instructors
| Name | Club | Province | Date Certified | Expiry of Cert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Audrey Ann B. Meloche |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Quebec |
March 27, 2022 |
March 27, 2024 |
CFMA Certified Mounted Archery Coaches
| Name | Club | Province | Date Certified | Expiry of Cert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donat Koller |
Borsos Torzs Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
October 30, 2020 |
October 30, 2025 |
|
Michael Pearson |
Borsos Torzs Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
October 30, 2020 |
October 30, 2025 |
|
Stephanie Laversin |
Borsos Torzs Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
October 30, 2020 |
October 30, 2025 |
|
Kendall Goddard |
Golden Horseshoe Mounted Archery |
Ontario |
December 28, 2020 |
December 28, 2025 |
|
Uwe Schneider |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
February 20, 2021 |
February 20, 2026 |
|
Lance Bishop |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
October 30, 2020 |
October 30, 2025 |
International Horseback Archery Alliance (IHAA) Certified Level 1 Judges
| Name | Club | Province |
|---|---|---|
|
April Gardiner |
Wild Hearts Mounted Archery |
Nova Scotia |
|
Heather Button |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
New Brunswick |
|
Kimberley Beldam |
N/A |
New York |
|
Lance Bishop |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
|
Laura Dettling |
Northern Lights Horseback Archery |
Alberta |
|
Linda Meyer |
Kaspian Mounted Archery |
Alberta |
|
Michael Pearson |
Borsos Torzs Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
|
Mikayla Howard |
HARCAN |
Alberta |
|
Maxwell Souter |
Golden Horseshoe Mounted Archery |
Ontario |
|
Sarah Clark |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
|
Sonja Koch |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
|
Uwe Schneider |
Horses of the Sun Horse Archers |
Ontario |
A complete list of all internationally certified judges can be found HERE
World Federation of Equestrian Archery (WFEA) Kassai Certified Judges
| Name | Club | Province |
|---|---|---|
|
Robert Borsos |
Borsos Torzs Horse Archery |
British Columbia |
|
Douglas Goodwin |
Spur Valley Mounted Archery |
British Columbia |
|
Lance Bishop |
Seawinds Horse Archers |
Nova Scotia |
The board members of the CFMA invite you to apply for certification. We wish you the best of luck. If you have any questions, please ask by email sent to mountedarcherycanada@gmail.com