Vipha Miller, From Newbury Park, California is the Team Captain of the California Air Rifle Shooters Association. Vipha Miller guided the CASA team to a first place finish at the 2005 Nationals in Tacoma, Washington. This is the first ever National win for the California State team against such power house, good old boy teams from Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wisconsin, New England, etc. Other members of the California team are: Dave Frederick, Dino Christopoulos, Leo Hwong, and Doug Miller. Vipha also had the second highest score of the two day National competition. She competed with some of the best shooters from across the Nation and including competitors from the U.K. Vipha Miller won third place over all, after the tie breaker lanes determined her third place finish as she was tied for second place after the two day event with another competitor from Georgia. The winner of the competition and National Champion, is Billy Lo, from Salisbury Mills, New York. Billy is an excellent shot and also a true sportsman. There were 66 competitors in the match. Vipha also won the over all women’s title for this National event. After winning three trophies, she was asked: “what are you going to do with all these trophies.” and she promptly said: “I am going to build me a house. ” Vipha is very well liked in the organization, but very much feared in competition. Vipha is known as one of the best Air rifle shooters in California.
Vipha is looking forward to next years U.S. Field Target National Championship match in Wolcott, Connecticut, put on by David Day, Billy Lo and other members of the WLOPA Connecticut club.
Vipha Miller competes with a custom Feinwerkbau P-70 Olympic style rifle made in Germany and a Leupold, Competition - 35 power scope made in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Vipha Miller works as a hair stylist at Norma’s Beauty Hair Salon on Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif. and she also has a second job as hair stylists at Shear Images Beauty Salon on Kimber Drive in Newbury Park, Ca.