"I just keep fit for athletics by playing rugby, basketball and cricket," Shotter explained.
"Imagine what you could do if you trained," remarked one of his clubmates, six-time Colgate Games competitor Coby Price.
Shotter responded with a huge grin which could easily be interpreted as watch this space. Shotter had to trial for the Trans Tasman Challenge and one of his goals is to be selected for next year's challenge in Sydney where he hopes to repeat the exploits.
Another is to repeat this month's dominance at next year's Colgate Games which will be hosted in Hastings.
Price, Cameron Dawson, Connor Leslie and Josh Adegoke formed the club's 12 years boys 4 x 100m relay team which won silver in Palmerston North. Their time of 53.96s was .2 of a second behind winners Titahi Bay of Wellington.
This team, which is coached by Price's mother Rebecca Price, has been together for four years and won gold at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Colgate Games.
"With the Hawke's Bay crowd behind us we will aim for gold when we compete in the 13 years age group in Hastings next year. No doubt Titahi Bay will be one of the fancied teams there too," Adegoke said.
Adegoke made the final in all four of his events at the Colgate Games, 100, 200 and 400m on the track and high jump, and returned home with a silver for the 200m and bronze for the 100m.