N'ọnwa Maachị afọ 2006, Sotherton so ndị mba England sọọ mpi n'asọmpi heptathlon n'egwuregwu Commonwealth.
n'obodo Melbourne. O were ọla edo na akara nke 6396, n'ihu Kylie Wheeler nke Australia (ọlaọcha) na onye otu ya Jessica Ennis (ọla kọpa). N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2006, ọ zọrọ asọmpi maka Great Britain na Northern Ireland na heptathlon na 2006 European Athletics Championship na Gothenburg. Ọ bịara nke asaa n'ihu onye otu ya bụ Jessica Ennis, mgbe ihe omume javelin na-akụda mmụọ mere ka ọ daa site na nke abụọ.