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About TS Jersey
TS Jersey was formed in 1949 and has always been located at Fort Regent in St. Helier. In 1962 the Marine Cadet Detachment was formed. Originally the Unit was accommodated in some old barracks at the Fort but a new, purpose built headquarters was built in 1970 where we are still today. Plans, however are well in hand for a new unit to be built closer to the waterfront.
In 2008 the Unit became a RYA Recognised Training Centre and has 2 RIB,s, a Laser 3000, 4 bosun dinghies, 8 Pico,s, a Plymouth Pilot Dislacement Boat and 3 ASC rowing boats. We are also hoping to purchase 2 Laser radials.
Being an Island we conduct all our boating on the sea either from la Collette Marina in St. Helier or from St. Aubins Fort which is also an RYA Training Centre, situated approximately 200 yards off the shore at St. Aubins, which, at high tide is totally surrounded by the sea.
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Commanding Officer
The Unit's Commanding Officer is Lt (SCC) Rob Davison RNR. Rob is a senior sailing instructor and power boat instructor and RYA Yachtmaster for Offshore Power.
Rob has been in the unit since the age of 12, some 35 years ago. He makes sure our ship is steered in the right direction, the Unit has all the necessary staff and equipment and is run in a safe but enjoyable way.
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First Lieutenant
The Unit's 1st Lieutenant is Lieutenant (SCC) Andre Bonjour RNR. Andre is a senior sailing instructor and also a seamanship instructor.
He is second in command and is responsible for the correct running of the ship. He also teaches the senior cadets.
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Unit Padre
Ships Chaplain 'the Padre': Rev Martin Poolton
Martin is the Unit's Padre and is also the Rector of St Peter's Church where we parade twice a year for Sea Sunday & Trafalgar Day parades. He also teachers Corps values to cadets. We are still trying to get him a combat uniform so he can come on field trips with us.
He usually looks alot happier than this!!
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Unit Administration Officer
Administration Officer: Cara Billot.
Cara is responsible for all the Unit's paperwork and all financial matters, paperclips, pens, cadets records, ordering training books, and she drives a really nice Triumph Herald!
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Starboard Watch and Boats Officer
Lieutenant Keith Bisson.
Keith is our Boats Officer, a sailing/boating instructor, and has responsibility for the staff and cadets in his watch. He organises all the boating activities.
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Starboard Watch Senior Rate
Chief Petty Officer Colin Duckworth.
Colin is our senior seamanship instructor and can assess up to Class 1 seamanship. He is also our D of E coordinator/Instructor. The D of E group meet on a Monday night. Colin used to be a Royal Navy diver!
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Starboard Watch Senior Rate and New Entry Instructor.
Petty Officer Mary Channing.
Mary, known as 'Mutley', is our New Entries instructor, and looks after the cadets for the first 3 months of their time with us. She teaches them all the basics in most subjects to get them ready for enrollment. She is also our cadet BTEC coordinator, making sure the cadets leave us with as many qualifications as possible.
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Starboard Senior Rate
Divisional senior rate: Petty Officer John Le Signe
John is a seamanship and first aid instructor. He is also qualified for safety boat during boating activities. All Petty Officers also teach cadet part 1 training for cadet promotion.
Johnis also the Unit regulator; beware!!
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Starboard Divisional Rate
Petty Officer Arron Hotton.
Arron has been on many staff courses this year having been our PO Cadet last year. He has recently passed his Cook Steward instructor course, and will start training our cadets in this discipline in the new year.
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Port Watch
Divisional Officer: Lt Ron Perchard RNR
Ron has been in the Corps for many years and has just received his third bar to his cadet forces medal, that's over 35 years in my calculations. He is a powerboat/pulling instructor and safety boat qualified. He is always with us during boating activities, and looks after our boats. He is responsible for the staff and cadets in Port watch and maintains staff/cadet dress regulations.
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Port Divisional senior Rate
Chief Petty Officer Dave Moody.
Dave has been in the corps since the age of 12, and he has the maximum number of bars to his cadet forces medal. Some say he was around in Nelsons navy, I don't think so but he does know a lot about square riggers!
Dave is in charge of the armory, and teaches the cadets about weapon safety. He is also our drill instructor.
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Training Officer
Petty Officer Tina Duckworth
Tina is our Training officer, who is responsible for all the forward training plans and telling the staff what to teach and when. She keeps the records of all the cadets achievements up to date and issues badges when exams are passed. She is also the Clothing store officer, D of E instructor, Officer in Charge of the Junior section, and also the qualified shooting range officer. Oh I almost forgot, Tina is the Piping assessor! and qualified Safety boat.
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Port Senior Rate
Petty Officer Ian Crone
Ian is our Marine Engineering instructor, giving cadets an insight into engines and electrics. He is also a piping instructor and teaches cadet part 1 training. Ian updates the website, but the spelling mistakes are the CO's not his! and is almost qualified as a Safety Boat ahandler!
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Port Divisional Rate
Petty Officer James Hibbeard
James is a cadet part 1 trainer and teaches water safety. He is also safety boat qualified.
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Junior Division Instructor
Petty Officer Tia Duckworth
Tia is back after having 2 children, looking after the Junior section. They have their own syllabus and badges.
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Marine Cadet Detachment
Detachment Commander: Lt Myles Le Basse RMR
Lt Le Basse is in charge of the Marine cadet section of TS Jersey. He has guided his cadets to a magnificent achievement of the Gibraltar cup winners 2009, the best Marine Cadet etachment in the whole country! They are also representing the southern area for the 2010 season.
Best of luck guy's!
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Detachment NCO: Sgt Mick De La Cour
The detachment commanders right hand man, Mick brings a wealth of knowledge to the cadets from his time in the army. Mick is a 'top drillie' which is why the Marine Cadets march so smartly. He is also a weapons instructor.
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Detachment NCO: Sgt Joe Lewis
Joe has been involved with TS Jersey since the age of 10 when he joined as a Junior. He is responsible for the Marine Cadet Recruits training before passing them onto Sgt De La Cour. He is also a really good Power boat instructor, I know cause he taught me, young upstart!
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Detachment NCO: Sgt Alex Pinel
Alex has since left to go to University in the UK, but returns to help us out when home on leave!
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Unit Assistant
Galley Girl: Ann Marie Clark
We are lucky to have Ann Marie running our Galley, who is very hard working and is always there for every boatwork weekend at St Aubin's Fort and every weekend unit excersise, to feed the troops. She always has a smile, and gives us a laugh cause she doesn't like boats!
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