It is one of the most valuable in all of sports; made of solid, albeit low-karat, gold, the trophy was valued at CA$60,000 (equivalent to $214,227 in 2023) when appraised by Birks in May 1980.

[1][2] It was donated in 1910 by Sir Donald Mann;[3] prior to then, the Minto Cup was the senior amateur championship trophy.

Control of the Mann Cup was retained by the BCALA after New Westminster left that league to join the PCALA.

Just over a month later, Vancouver Lacrosse Club and New Westminster met in a three-game, total goals series to determine who would take home the Mann and Kilmarnock Cups.

Officials in Cornwall stepped up and in August 1963 the city was awarded the hosting rights for the 1963 Mann Cup.

Despite fears of the cup being melted down for its gold content, it turned up a few weeks later, with a small chunk cut out of the rim, but otherwise intact.