They're back and bigger than ever after the flooding disaster from last year, it's Pentathlon CC.

The club was formed by five people in 1971 as they sat round a table.

The name was taken from the ancient Olympics as the pentathlon consisted of five events and seemed fitting for a club formed by just five members.

The club's headquarters was at The Thatchers Arms, Moorland and for many years the club's annual entry was built at the rear of the pub.

To encourage people to join the newly formed club, the membership fee was kept to just five shillings and this attracted 47 members.

The first entry was done in the year the club formed, and was called Aida with a Sphinx cart.

The following year, Pentathlon were picked as the first club to have a camera crew follow them around the carnival circuit.

This proved lucky as it saw the club win the County Cup for the first time.

Currently, there are 35 members ranging in age from 19 to 91, made up of full members, life members, vice presidents and helpers.

This year, it is all about the tableaux cart, after the club were County champions several times in the 80s, runners up to the County Cup in 2006 and 2011.

The headquarters are based at the Walnut Tree Hotel in North Petherton, with Michael Coombes as president.

Treasurer Vikki Boyce said: "We're all a big family and we're getting back on our feet after the floods of last year.

"We were hit disastrously- our whole shed was underwater.

"We still managed to bring out an entry but it wasn't as good as we wanted, so this year we're back to our full potential.

"I've been in the club 15 years and it's always so exciting."

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President: Michael Coombes

Chairman: Roger Brown

Secretary: Laura Wickens

Treasurer: Vikki Boyce

Cart Captain: Paul Foster

People on cart: Roger Brown, Laura Wickens, Vikki Boyce, Lynsey Addison, Tim Fackrell, Kate Addison, Mike Brown, Dave Coleman, Anita Coles, Leigh Coombes, Sam Cox-Beecham, Olivia Gilbert, Victoria Haysham, Sharon Hooper, Sandra Jenkins, Anita Jones, Jason Neal, Helen Seymour, Kate Seymour, James Simmons, Andy Smallwood, Gemma Stone, Georgina Brice

People not on the cart :Mike Coombes (President), Sarah Addison (Vice-Chairman), Paul Foster (Cart Captain), Tim Wickens (Ground Crew Captain), Keith Addison, Aaron Baker, Dan Cooke, Mark Haysham, Pauline, Haysham, Mark Jenkins, Margaret Marson

Graham Marson, Keith Rose, John Seymour, Louis Seymour, Jayne Slocombe, John Slocombe, Jamie Stone, Karen Morris, Roger Morris, Evelyn Gibbs, Alan Gibbs, Pearl Seymour, Tom Wickens, Charley Rose, Brandon Rose, Belle Coleman, Nathan Burge, Sarah Pearce, Jeanette Boyce, Steve Boobyer, Josh Vickery, Odette Neal, James Burgess, Mike Grimstead, Tony Addicott, Trevor Fisher, Darren Lang, Steve Hooper, Callum Hooper, Darren Baker