High-rollin’ Hupé to represent Canada at Pan Am Games
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Mitch Hupé of Winnipeg and Quebec City’s François Lavoie will comprise the Canadian tenpin bowling team at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile later this year.
Hupé and Lavoie were selected based on their performances over the last four years at the Canadian Team Trials as well as various international competitions. Canada earned its two male quota spots by qualifying through the 2022 Panam Bowling Champion of Champions event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last September.
Hupé and Lavoie will compete in the men’s singles and men’s doubles events.
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Mitch Hupé will bowl for Canada in the men’s singles and men’s doubles events at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
“I’m confident that both François and Mitch, who know each other very well, will represent Canada to the utmost of their capabilities,” said Canadian Tenpin Federation head coach Frank Buffa in a release.
“Not only is François the most successful Canadian bowler ever on the PBA tour, he’s a true leader and is well respected by his peers. A role model for youth to follow, he’s a great representative for our sport in Canada. And Mitch is an amazing talent whose style is a bowler’s dream. He is in his prime right now, and we can’t wait to watch and encourage him at this first Pan American Games.”
Hupé is a Pan Am Games rookie while Santiago will be the third Games appearance for Lavoie. In his debut at Toronto 2015, he won doubles gold with teammate Dan MacLelland. The pair also competed in doubles together at the 2018 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships, where they won bronze, and at Lima 2019, where they placed fourth.
An individual career highlight came when Lavoie won the prestigious US Open tournament in 2016, becoming the first person in the tournament’s 77-year history to bowl a perfect game in the televised finals. He won his third major, the Tournament of Champions, on the Professional Bowlers Tour in 2021.
Hupé, meanwhile, joined the Professional Bowlers Association in 2018 and won the Master’s event at the 2018 world championships. He is also a two-time Canadian Team Trials champion. Hupé won his first Professional Bowlers National Tour title this past May — the Roth/Holman Doubles Championship.
Bowling has been part of the Pan American Games since Havana 1991. Canada has won 13 bowling medals at the Pan American Games, including four gold, three silver and six bronze.
The Pan Am bowling competition takes place Nov. 2-5.
Graham Fach of Guelph, Ont., and Darren Alexander of Windsor, Ont., are the player alternates while Earl Sobotkiewicz of Winnipeg will serve as coach.