Fitness enthusiasts at Torquay’s  Riviera International Centre Lifestyle Club are planning to take part in a sponsored ‘Rowathon’ to France and back in aid of the Tsunami Appeal.

But the four men won’t literally be rowing across the English Channel….they’ll be battling away on a rowing machine in the main reception area at the Centre.

Lifestyle fitness instructors Fletcher Larkin and Neil Aggett along with Lifestyle members Mark Le Breton and Ryan Bell will take it in turns to row continuously for about eight hours aiming to cover the 80 miles.

And the only waves they expect will be from the general public who they hope will come along to the Centre to support them and give them a boost.