History
The Silver Ball competition was originally suggested by Glamorgan County president Glan Williams in 1955 and the first tournament took place in 1956 when J. Norman Hunt volunteered to meet the costs and was open to all sixty-four WRU clubs in the Glamorgan region. The Silver Ball Trophy itself was made by Birmingham based trophy maker Thomas Fattorini and cost a hundred pounds to produce. The initial idea was to match eight junior teams against the counties eight first class sides, but a poor response from the senior teams resulted in the Welsh Academicals being drefted in to make a realistic quarter finals.
The tournament also produces the HB trophy which is awarded to the team to have scored the most tries during the build up to the final. This team is then invited to play the Silver Ball winners in a pre-season friendly for the President's Cup.
The trophy is presently sponsored by Worthington's.
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