The ancient sport of Poktapok is slowly being revived and as three time champs, the Belize Poktapok Association is planning to host this year's tournament. It will be held in Orange Walk in early December and the team is confident it will be able to be the first ever four-time champs.
However, the tournament comes at a pretty penny - the Association estimates that it will cost over $88,000 to host approximately 200 people from several different countries in the region. They're hoping that by raising awareness of the importance of bringing back this sport, the business community will support them.
Today, they held a press conference where they told us more about the upcoming tournament.
Belize, Mexico, and Guatemala will all have - for the first time - female teams, and they will be playing under the same rules as the male teams.
