A DETERMINED duo from Droitwich Spa Tennis Club are attempting to smash the world record for the longest rally in order to help raise money for a new clubhouse.

Steve Worrallo and Allan Benbow are set to push themselves to the limit when they attempt to break the nine hour and seven minutes long record on April 23.

Organisers hope the record attempt will go some way to reaching their £150,000 target needed for work on the clubhouse, which Spa have already raised half of.

Worrallo said: "I thought it would be the ideal way of raising money and the club's profile.

" It's such a massive task that it has gripped the imagination of a lot of people already."

The current record was set by American pair Ray Miller and Rob Peterson in 2000, where they played 17,062 shots non-stop.

So far the duo, who have been training twice a week for the attempt, have managed to keep a rally going for an hour and a half.

Worrallo though is confident they will be well prepared for their attempt to put their name in the Guiness Book of World Records.

He said: "Concentration is the most important thing as any lapses would end the attempt.

"But Allan and I have been practising hard and will intensify our training the closer we get to the date.

"The hardest part will be the first few hours, once we get into a rhythm we will have every chance of beating the record."