In 1953 when the Campbell's and Richardson's were emerging as a curling dynasty in Canada and a lot of publicity was being generated, Aylmer caught the bug and in the spring of 1954 Jack Rice, Curly Giles, Syd Glover, Morris Kennedy, Stu McBrian, Harvey Balfour, Red Cassils & myself (& I think Bill Sapalec) met upstairs in the relatively new Aylmer & East Elgin Arena. more... See more text