Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko nga kaiako tuatahi o Shorten ko David Clements me Ludmila Vasilyeva. I te tau 1998/99, i toa ia i te taitara motu o Ingarangi, i whakangunguhia e Viktor Teslia i te Chelmsford Riverside Ice Centre. I tae atu a Shorten ki te rerenga koreutu i te 1999 European Championships i Prague, i reira i mutu ai ia i te 24th, engari kaore i te
Ko ngā whakataetae o te Ao 1999.