Being blind is no barrier for competitive lawn bowler Joel Jensen

Mr Jensen, who was born with two rare eye conditions, Aniridia and Peter's Anomaly, is the only person with a disability in a dedicated group of players who meet at the Wagga RSL every Sunday morning.

Mr Jensen, aged 21, has been playing for almost two years now and wants to encourage other people with disabilities to take up the sport.

"It would be good to see more people join. It would be good to have a variety of different disabilities as well," he said. "Feel free to come down and give it a go. Everyone will probably chip in and try and help out."

Mr Jensen was at the RSL playing a game of pool with guide dog Nicci by his side when he was approached by veteran lawn bowler Kevin Smith, who has worked with vision impaired players in New Zealand.

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"He asked if I was interested. We had a practice run and went from there pretty much," Mr Jensen said.

Mr Jensen, who has since gone on to compete competitively in vision impaired bowls and won a silver medal at a recent state championship, now plays in Wagga with support from other club members, who help direct him on the green.

"They'll give me a distance and I have to bowl to that distance. And then they'll give me a direction of where the bowl landed and we adjust on the next bowl from there," he said.

"There's a great community. Everyone puts in their part helping out. It's all very social and a friendly environment."

Bill Graham runs the Sunday morning bowls and said people with disabilities were welcome to play.

"It's a great game. It's very infectious. It's a lot harder than what it looks too, I'll tell you," he said.