The 44-year-old from Plymouth, who won Commonwealth bronze in 2022, was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease in 2003 which left her partially sighted.
For a time, Yearling struggled to come to terms with the condition, before joining Plymouth Visually Impaired Bowls Club.
There Yearling developed an aptitude for the sport and begun to strike up new friendships.
“It was a period of trying to come to terms with the fact I was losing my sight,” said Yearling, speaking ahead of Bowls’ Big Weekend 2024.
“I wasn’t in a very good place. It took me a bit of time to adjust to what was going on.
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