{"id":26210,"date":"2025-10-13T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=26210"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:34:32","slug":"super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Star Sport\u2019s Rising Stars: Nick and Kerem\u2019s Fantastic First Year in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" 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0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business\/#a-winning-partnership\" >A Winning Partnership<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business\/#exceptional-standards-in-delivery\" >Exceptional Standards in Delivery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business\/#strong-business-growth-and-mindset\" >Strong Business Growth and Mindset<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/super-star-sports-rising-stars-nick-and-kerems-fantastic-first-year-in-business\/#supported-every-step-of-the-way\" >Supported Every Step of the Way<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Super Star Sport is proud to celebrate two of its newest franchise directors, Nick Pool and Kerem Bektas, who joined the network in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>With huge sports coaching experience but limited business backgrounds, both Nick and Kerem have made an incredible start to their Super Star Sport journey, proving exactly what can be achieved with passion, energy, and commitment to the model.<\/p>\n<p>In just nine months, the pair have already generated over \u00a358,000 in turnover and are on <strong>track to finish their first year at around \u00a380,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26214 \" title=\"Kerem Bektas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas.jpg\" alt=\"Kerem Bektas\" width=\"569\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-1392x1392.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerem-Bektas-1068x1068.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a-winning-partnership\"><\/span><strong>A Winning Partnership<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Nick and Kerem have built a brilliant balance in their approach to running the business:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nick<\/strong> leads from the front with a <em>hands-on, operations-focused style<\/em>. His energy in sessions, commitment to staff training, and high delivery standards have made him a real inspiration to his coaching team.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kerem<\/strong> is <em>numbers-driven and business-minded,<\/em> taking control of sales and pushing daily to grow the brand across their area. His motivation and focus on results have been key to their early success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Together, they are a perfect example of how following the Super Star Sport franchise model \u2013 combining quality delivery with consistent business effort \u2013 leads to strong, sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"exceptional-standards-in-delivery\"><\/span><strong>Exceptional Standards in Delivery<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Following recent delivery assessments, <strong>Gaetano Scaglione<\/strong>, Super Star Sport\u2019s Training &amp; Development Manager, commented:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard of sessions delivered by Nick and Kerem\u2019s team was exceptional. Their coaching quality, enthusiasm, and child engagement were of the highest level. They\u2019ve clearly set a brilliant culture within their business, and it shows in every session.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"strong-business-growth-and-mindset\"><\/span><strong>Strong Business Growth and Mindset<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Billy Densham<\/strong>, Network Manager at Super Star Sport, added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick and Kerem are a brilliant partnership. They\u2019ve completely bought into our systems, asked questions, and used the support available to them exactly as intended. Their work ethic is outstanding, they\u2019re focused on building something long-term, not just short-term wins. It\u2019s been a pleasure watching their business grow, and we can\u2019t wait to see what they achieve next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"supported-every-step-of-the-way\"><\/span><strong>Supported Every Step of the Way<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Like all Super Star Sport franchise directors, Nick and Kerem have benefitted from ongoing HQ support including <strong>training, delivery assessments, finance guidance, and business mentoring.<\/strong> The support structure is designed to help every franchisee focus on what matters most \u2013 delivering fun, positive, and safe sports sessions that keep children <em>fit, active, healthy, and smiling.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Star Sport is proud to celebrate two of its newest franchise directors, Nick Pool and Kerem Bektas, who joined the network in January 2025. With huge sports coaching experience but limited business backgrounds, both Nick and Kerem have made an incredible start to their Super Star Sport journey, proving exactly what can be achieved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,1599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports-and-fitness-franchise","category-super-star-sport"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nick-Pool.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}