Winter Training For Shirley The "Surprise" Steeplechaser - Bill Coyne the A.A.A. Hon. Senior Coach, seen putting Eric Shirley of Finchley Harriers and Polytechnic Harriers, through a series of exercises on the wall-bars at the Polytechnic Gyamasium, regent street, as part of his training in preparation for next year's Olympic Games. Steeplechaser Eric Shirley believed in all-year-round training both in the gymnasium and on the track, a policy which certainly seems to pay dividends. October 26, 1955. (Photo by Fox Photos).