The five players have been crowned Riverina champions and will now compete at Homebush in Sydney on August 14 in a 16-team competition to win the NSW title.

Boccia is an officially sanctioned Paralympics sport that is similar to bocce, but adapted for players who use wheelchairs.

Teacher Cameroon Abood introduced boccia to Wagga High this year, after having successfully brought it to Billabong High School at Culcairn.

When the Wagga High students first began playing, they used a length of pipe until their official wooden ramp arrived.

Mr Abood said the students try to train a couple of times a week.

“They just love it,” he said.

Included in the team are brother and sister duo Shami and Nagham Mato, Yazidi refugees who have only been at Wagga High for about a year after leaving Iraq for a new life in Australia.