Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) won
7-3 over
Japan's Moka Tanaka in the Final of the New Year Curling in Miyota 2025, held December 29 - January 1, 2025 at the Miyota Curling Club in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Ueno won
8-4 over
Kate Cameron (St. Adolphe, MB) in the semifinals of the 2024 New Year Curling in Miyota 2025 in Miyota, Japan, Japan;
Ueno finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno defeated
Japan's Moka Tanaka 5-4, then went on to lose
6-4 against
Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA). Ueno responded with a
8-4 win over
Yui Ozeki (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the New Year Curling in Miyota 2025 Championship title, Ueno earned
11.250 world rankings points along with the $9,105CDN first prize cheque. Ueno move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of -3.391 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with
145.531 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ueno ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
116.250 points earned so far this season.
