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Ross Montgomery, nicknamed the Boss, is a Scottish former professional darts player who formerly competed in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a World Seniors Darts (WSD) Champion, having won the 2025 World Seniors Championship. Montgomery also won the 2025 WSD Champion of Champions.

Darts career
Montgomery plays in the East Kilbride & District Darts League and in the Glasgow Premier League. He is a multiple time Rutherglen / East Kilbride singles champion. As of 2014, Montgomery has represented Scotland at four WDF World Cups, four WDF Europe Cups and six BDO Six Nations Cups. He has played in thirty-six matches for Scotland, winning twenty-four of them. Montgomery qualified for the 2006 BDO World Championships along with players like Brian Woods and eventual champion Jelle Klaasen of the Netherlands. Montgomery was drawn in the first round with another Dutchman Vincent van der Voort, losing 3–1 in sets. He followed this, however, by reaching the final of the Scottish Open, beating Gary Robson and Michael van Gerwen before losing in the final to Sweden's Göran Klemme, runner-up in the 2005 World Masters. He played in the 2007 International Darts League, beating PDC player Chris Mason, Belgium's Dirk Hespeels and avenged his Lakeside defeat by van der Voort to win Group 4 with a 100% record. He wasn't able to repeat his performances in the Last 32 Group stage, losing all 3 of his games in Group D to Martin Atkins, Scott Waites and group winner Raymond van Barneveld. Montgomery produced a good run in the Winmau World Masters, reaching the last 16 of the tournament, losing to Atkins. In 2008, Montgomery won the newly created EDO England Open, which was run by the newly formed English Darts Organisation. He scored wins over Johnny Nijs, Ted Hankey, Gary Robson and Edwin Max before beating another Scotsman Gary Anderson in the final. He then reached the final of the inaugural BDO International Open, an event formerly known as the BDO England Open, losing to Davy Richardson. On 26 July 2008 Montgomery won his second event of the year, winning the British Classic, again beating Anderson in the final. Montgomery regained the British Classic crown in 2010, defeating Stuart Kellett in the final. Montgomery ended 2008 ranked seventh on the year end WDF World rankings. These performances helped Montgomery earn automatic qualification for the 2009 BDO World Championships as the number 10 seed. He defeated Welshman Martin Phillips in the first round but lost in round two to eventual champion Ted Hankey. He entered the tournament the following year as the Number 6 seed, but wasted six darts to win his first round match and lost to Garry Thompson. Montgomery won the 2010 British Classic as well as the 2010 Zuiderduin Masters, his inaugural major title, where he came from 4–0 down in sets to win 5–4 against Robbie Green, also surviving three match darts. Montgomery finished as the year end number one in WDF Working Rankings Europe for 2010. At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Montgomery was beaten 3–1 in sets by Alan Norris. Montgomery reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Winmau World Masters where he was beaten in a deciding leg by Dean Winstanley. Following his victory at 2010 edition, Montgomery had another decent run reaching the semi-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters in 2011. At the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, Montgomery reached the second round for only the second time courtesy of a 3–1 win over Fabian Roosenbrand in the first round, but was subsequently defeated 4–1 by eventual runner-up Tony O'Shea. Montgomery was defeated in the first round of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship 3–1 by Paul Jennings, having had four darts to lead 2–1. Montgomery captained Scotland to silver behind England in the overall team competition at the 2013 WDF World Cup, while alongside team-mates Gary Stone, Craig Baxter and Alan Soutar, Scotland defeated America 9–7 in the men's team final. He repeated this strong form at the 2025 World Seniors Champion of Champions, with wins over Trina Gulliver, Raymond van Barneveld, before defeating defending champion, Richie Howson 8–5. Ross was due to face either Neil Duff or Richie Burnett, after their first round clash in the 2025 World Seniors Matchplay. However, it was announced in August, that the tournament was cancelled, after the WSD collapsed. ==Personal life==
Personal life
While Montgomery played American football for the Glasgow Diamonds he met his wife Dorothy, who was a cheerleader for the team at the time. He and his wife Dorothy have a son Scott (born 1993) and daughters Alisha (born 1998) and Gemma (born 2000). Montgomery is a supporter of football club Rangers F.C.. ==World Championship results==
World Championship results
BDO • 2006: First round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 1–3) • 2009: Second round (lost to Ted Hankey 1–4) • 2010: First round (lost to Garry Thompson 2–3) • 2011: First round (lost to Alan Norris 1–3) • 2012: Second round (lost to Tony O'Shea 1–4) • 2013: First round (lost to Paul Jennings 1–3) • 2014: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4) • 2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Martin Adams 1–5) • 2016: First round (lost to Jamie Hughes 0–3) • 2017: First round (lost to Richard Veenstra 1–3) • 2018: First round (lost to Scott Waites 1–3) • 2019: First round (lost to Scott Baker 0–3) • 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Thibault Tricole 2–3) ==Career finals==
Career finals
BDO major finals: 2 (1 title) WDF major finals (1 runner-up) ==Performance timeline==
Performance timeline
BDO PDC PDC European Tour ==References==
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