In 2022 the CFMA established a new annual competition series we call the Canadian Mounted Archery Tournament Series (C-MATS for short). The C-MATS invites Canadian athletes of all skill levels to enter their recent competition results to a season-long standings rally with goals to inspire participation and comradery locally and nationally and to recognize athlete achievements.

This year, four rider skill classes are recognized for the C-MATS: Walk Class, Trot Class, Student-Untimed Canter, and Horse Archer. Riders may submit results to the C-MATS within one skill class only. However, in the event a rider wishes to submit results to a more advanced skill class, they may do so at any time but their less advanced class results will be forfeited and removed for the remainder of the season. For example, a new athlete who has entered the standings in the Walk-Trot class may submit a result for the Student or Horsearchery class later in the season but the previous result in the Walk-Trot class will be removed.

Within each skill class, achievements for athletes in the following youth categories will also be recognized (Under 14, Under 16, and Under 18).

Walk Class and Trot Class Disciplines: Either of the IHAA disciplines of Raid 3 or Aussie 3 may be used to achieve results for the Walk Class and/or Trot Class Standings. The results from the Raid and Aussie styles are considered comparable and participants with scores from both disciplines should simply submit their highest result for any given month. The rules listed on the IHAA.info website must be used for judging the events to achieve these results. The top scores achieved at walk and the top scores achieved at trot will be recognized, as well as the tops in each youth class.

Student-Untimed Canter Class Disciplines: The IHAA disciplines of Tower 90 and Raid 233 are used without time bonuses or penalties factored for the Student-Untimed Canter Class. The rules listed on the IHAA.info website must be used for judging the events to achieve these results as per the IHAA Student Grading conditions. Athletes will be recognized according to their achievement in the class through taking the normalized percentage for both disciplines averaged together. Youth achievements will also be recognized the same way for each age class.

Horse Archer Class Disciplines: The Horse Archer Class entails a diverse selection of competition styles from the IHAA, WFEA, and WHAF which fall under two categories as follows:

Category 1: Central Target with Quiver Use Optional

• IHAA Tower 90
• WFEA OKS 99

Category 2: Serial Targets with Quiver Use Mandatory

• IHAA Raid 233
• WHAF Serial 99

Riders can submit results for any or all four of the disciplines once per month. Only one result may be submitted for each of the four disciplines in any given month. Athletes need only achieve scores from two of the four qualifying Horsearcher Class disciplines to have an opportunity to achieve a complete standings position, but these disciplines must represent both of the Categories 1 and 2. For example, Tower 90 and IHAA Raid 233. When a rider achieves scores from both of the two disciplines in a category, the higher of the normalized percentages of the two disciplines are used. The highest discipline percentage in each category is then averaged together to achieve the percentage used to determine the overall standing position for the Horse Archer Class. Top results for each young rider class are also recognized.