 In the beginning, women were not allowed to compete in the Finnish Championships.In 1909, the personnel at the life insurance company "Kaleva" donated a trophy called the "Kalevan malja" or the Kaleva Cup to be awarded to and kept for until the next Championships by the team accumulating the most points during the competition.In 1909, the Finnish Championships started to be informally referred to as the "Kaleva Games" because of the name of the cup.