Isabel Cole, 13, competed at the prestigious Matsumae Cup in Denmark on Feb. 15-16 where she was able to grab the runner-up finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was her first international tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole showed not only skill but impressive confidence in her debut on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”218″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”93″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Georges P. Vanier Jr. High student was in the U18 category on Saturday. While she showed her strength and technique, dominating one of her matches with a powerful throw, Isable was caught by her opponent toward the end of the bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With such remarkable performances against much older competitors, her coaches were confident that Cole would shine in the U15 category the following day. And she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isabel defeated her opponents from Sweden, Finland, and Great Britain, to secure the silver medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”115″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Head Sensei Jason Scott of NUMA Judo has worked closely with Isabel to perfect her signature throw, and his guidance paid off during the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The experience was made even more special by the presence of Coach Barbara, who took a leave of absence from work to support the six athletes making the trip to Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team said this was a valuable opportunity not just for Isabel but for the entire group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After two intense days of competition, the athletes enjoyed a camp experience, training with judo players from over 10 different countries and forging connections that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”111″] [adrotate banner=”78″] WAVERLEY: A Waverley judo athlete has brought home silver from a competition in Denmark. Isabel Cole, 13, competed at the prestigious Matsumae Cup in Denmark on Feb. 15-16 where she was able to grab the runner-up finish. It was her first international tournament. Cole showed not only skill but impressive confidence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2,368,3001,7819,7820,7821,16],"class_list":["post-52530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-fall-river","tag-georges-p-vanier-junior-high","tag-gpv","tag-isabel-cole","tag-judo","tag-silver-medal","tag-waverley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4603-967x1024.jpeg\")