Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shorten na farko masu horarwa sun kasance David Clements da Ludmila Vasilyeva. A cikin kakar wasa ta 1998/99, ya lashe taken ƙasa na Burtaniya, wanda Viktor Teslia ya horar da shi a Chelmsford Riverside Ice Centre. Shorten ya kai wasan motsa jiki kyauta a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1999 a Prague, inda ya gama na 24, amma ba a gasar ba.
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 1999.