CHELSEA & Westminster Aquatics are as near as a toucher to mixing it with the mighty of swimming - and coach Ian Brown is already planning an assault on the best league in the UK.
A top three place in Saturday's Division Two play-off in the National Arena League guarantees the new club a seat at London's top table next season - and C&W have already placed first or second in the opening two rounds.
That would mean them competing in Division One - widely acknowledged as the strongest in the country - against national champions Ipswich and other giants like Ealing, Camden Swiss and Barnet Copthall.
"To not make it into the top three would need a massive no-show from our swimmers," said Brown. "Either that, or a mass of disqualifications - and I can't see that happening."
The club finally got its Amateur Swimming Association ratification this week, after the former Chelsea & Kensington SC and Westminster Swimmers joined forces three months ago to form a west London super-club.
And to prove the new set-up has strength in depth, 163 swimmers - about 65 more than normal - appeared for the first C&W club championships last week.
Brown needed to make sure all computers worked perfectly at Kensington Leisure Centre as the meeting took nearly four hours.
Those who needed mates or mums to carry the silverware at the end of the night included Charlotte Hogarth, who won all five races in the girls 10-11 category, Dana Jabre in the girls nine and under, Daniel Leznin, who likewise swept all before him in the boys nine and under age group.
New club records were also set by Isabella Hindley in the girls 12-13 100m individual medley and Pietro Revelli in the boys 10-11 50m freestyle - a race he won by nearly 3.5 seconds against class opponents.
Girls 9 & under 100m IM: 1 Dana Jabre 1.37.07, 2 Alex Werner 1.41.21, 3 Gabrielle Raphael 1.42.30; Girls 10-11 100m IM: 1 Charlotte Hogarth 1.22.26, 2 Appoline Bokkerink 1.27.95, 3 Maggie-Mae Innes 1.32.13; Girls 12-13 100m IM: 1 Isabella Hindley 1.13.03, 2 Maisie Preston 1.19.45, 3 Alice Read 1.20.01; Girls 14-15 100m IM: 1 Olivia Riccio-Johnstone 1.21.62, 2 Clair Astrid 1.25.09, 3 Lucy Garland 1.27.32; Girls 16 & over 100m IM: 1 Catriona Mcintosh 1.22.57, 2 Caterina Buizza 1.23.75; Boys 9 & under 100m IM: 1 Daniel Leznin 1.33.40, 2 Clair Judicael 1.43.41, 3 Ben Grassby 1.45.88; Boys 10-11 100m IM: 1 Pietro Revelli 1.21.36, 2 Hugo Lowell 1.22.40, 3 Luis Lesmes 1.27.07; Boys 12-13 100m IM: 1 Andrew Boeckman 1.19.09, 2 Pablo Anto-Ojeda 1.24.13, 3 Sebastian Mattey 1.26.83; Boys 14-15 100m IM: 1 Elias Navas 1.25.87, 2 Jose Miguel Idigoras 1.35.72, 3 Musab Tawfiq 1.37.71; Boys 16 & over 100m IM: 1 Henry Norris 1.12.67, 2 Omar Gommari 1.28.73; Girls 9 & under 50m butterfly: 1 Alex Werner 43.89, 2 Dana Jabre 45.93, 3 Gabrielle Raphael 46.84; Girls 10-11 50m butterfly: 1 Charlotte Hogarth 36.52, 2 Nicole Garcia 40.13, 3 Appoline Bokkerink 40.54; Boys 9 & under 50m butterfly: 1 Daniel Leznin 43.46, 2 Carlo Revelli 49.32, 3 Ben Grassby 49.39; Boys 10-11 50m butterfly: 1 Pietro Revelli 37.55, 2 Hugo Lowell 38.13, 3 Sam English 41.17; Girls 12-13 100m butterfly: 1 Isabella Hindley 1.13.47, 2 Maisie Preston 1.24.73, 3 Romane Bokkerink 1.26.19; Girls 14-15 100m butterfly: 1 Oriane Daboudet 1.17.27, 2 Olivia Riccio-Johnstone 1.20.29, 3 Lucy Garland 1.30.90; Boys 12-13 100m butterfly: 1
Andrew Boeckman 1.16.37, 2 Quinten Seconde-Kynnersley 1.18.93, 3 Pablo Anto-Ojeda 1.31.43; Girls 9 & under 50m back-stroke: 1 Dana Jabre 45.63 2 Reagan Readinger 46.96, 3 Gabrielle Raphael 47.16; Girls 10-11 50m backstroke: 1 Charlotte Hogarth 37.38, 2 Tarini Tripathi 41.44, 3 Appoline Bokkerink 42.27; Boys 9 & under 50m backstroke: 1 Daniel Leznin 45.17, 2 Carlo Revelli 46.31, 3 Ben Grassby 47.17; Boys 10-11 50m backstroke: 1 Pietro Revelli 35.70, 2 Hugo Lowell 40.42, 3 Sam English 40.85; Girls 12-13 100m backstroke: 1 Isabella Hindley 1.12.33, 2 Maisie Preston 1.21.99, 3 Louise Innes 1.24.68; Girls 14-15 100m backstroke: 1 Olivia RiccioJohnstone 1.15.84, 2 Oriane Daboudet 1.23.61, 3 Bella Essex 1.27.16; Girls 16 & over 100m backstroke: 1 Catriona Mcintosh 1.16.72, 2 Caterina Buizza 1.22.67; Boys 12-13 100m backstroke: 1 Pablo Anto-Ojeda 1.20.99, 2 Quinten Seconde-Kynnersley 1.21.37, 3 Andrew Boeckman 1.22.76; Boys 14-15 100m backstroke: 1 Patrick Jack 1.09.28; Girls 9 & under 50m breaststroke: 1 Gabrielle Raphael 51.23, 2 Anna Stevenson 51.40, 3 Tallulah Evans 51.90; Girls 10-11 50m breaststroke: 1 Charlotte Hogarth 44.70, 2 Nina Stevens 45.80, 3 Appoline Bokkerink 46.20; Boys 9 & under 50m breaststroke: 1 Daniel Leznin 51.34, 2 Clair Judicael 54.44, 3 Neils Rupf 56.06; Boys 10-11 50m breaststroke: 1 Hugo Lowell 41.15, 2 Pietro Revelli 43.16, 3 Rory Jack 47.29; Girls 12-13 100m breaststroke: 1 Isabella Hindley 1.23.99, 2 Louise Innes
1.29.44, 3. Maisie Preston 1.29.55; Girls 14-15 100m breaststroke: 1 Oriane Daboudet 1.23.93, 2 Christina Trigle 1.39.48, 3 Gabriella Tagg 1.44.86; Girls 16 & over 100m breaststroke: 1 Emily Allen Mersh 1.27.42, 2 Catriona Mcintosh 1.39.59; Boys 12-13 100m breast-stroke: 1 Fabrizio Eramo 1.27.48, 2 Andrew Boeckman 1.31.24, 3 Pablo Anto-Ojeda 1.39.93; Boys 14-15 100m breaststroke: 1 Elias Navas 1.35.31, 2 Jose Miguel Idigoras 1.44.74, 3 Musab Tawfiq 1.45.33; Boys 16 & over 100m breast-stroke: 1 Omar Gommari 1.37.96; Girls 9 & under 50m freestyle: 1 Dana Jabre 37.07, 2 Anna Stevenson 40.23, 3 Alex Werner 40.61; Girls 10-11 50m freestyle: 1 Charlotte Hogarth 31.75, 2 Orla Hanks 34.79, 3 Appoline Bokkerink 34.96; Boys 9 & under 50m Freestyle: 1 Daniel Leznin 38.39, 2 Carlo Revelli 39.19, 3 Ben Grassby 40.09; Boys 10-11 50m freestyle: 1 Pietro Revelli 30.90, 2 Hugo Lowell 34.37, 3 Rory Jack 36.77; Girls 12-13 100m freestyle: 1 Isabella Hindley 1.03.68, 2 Maisie Preston 1.11.86, 3 Louise Innes 1.13.48; Girls 14-15 100m freestyle: 1 Oriane Daboudet 1.08.12, 2 Olivia Riccio-Johnstone 1.10.61, 3 Christina Trigle 1.12.73; Girls 16 & over 100m freestyle: Emily Allen Mersh 1.08.12, 2 Catriona Mcintosh 1.11.45, 3 Caterina Buizza 1.13.73; Boys 12-13 100m freestyle: 1 Quinten Seconde-Kynnersley 1.08.70, 2 Andrew Boeckman 1.09.06, 3 Pablo Anto-Ojeda 1.12.46; Boys 14-15 100m freestyle: 1 Patrick Jack 58.26, 2 Pietro Revelli 1.08.53, 3 Elias Navas 1.14.16; Boys 16 & over 100m freestyle: 1 Omar Gommari 1.15.50.
