Peter Wright dreams of being crowned Scotland’s darting king on stage with his hero Sir Chris Hoy.

The twice world champion can take another step towards a hat-trick by beating Stephen Bunting in a New Year’s Day cracker. Should Wright add to his title wins of 2020 and 2022, he’ll move clear of Jocky Wilson and Gary Anderson who also have two Worlds titles and become the most-successful Tartan terror. He said: “To overtake Jocky and Gary would be very very special and that’s in the back of my mind. You can ask me that if I’m here on finals day.

"Then it’s a potential dream. It would be good. There’s a long way to go to get to that point, but, potentially yes, I can do it. To add another to two world titles and two World Cups would be amazing, especially for Scotland. It’s my dream to win three world titles and match Michael van Gerwen. To beat Jocky and Gary, to get to three before Gary does.”

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If that’s not motivation enough, the opportunity to be handed the trophy with Hoy alongside him just adds to the drive. The six-times Olympic champion is due at the Ally Pally on Finals Night to dish out the Ballon d’Art trophy which Paddy Power are awarding to the player who has the most 180s through the duration of the event.

Hoy, who announced three months ago that his cancer is terminal, has given his support to The BIGGER 180, the charity partnership with Prostate Cancer UK at the Championship. Paddy Power is donating £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for every 180 achieved at the Championship, while a £180,000 bonus for every nine-darter is split equally between the charity, the player and a lucky fan attending the event.

Wright would love to be part of the ceremony with Hoy and said: “What a fantastic sportsman. I used to watch him all the time. I’m a big fan of him. I’d love to meet him and that would be a dream to get a trophy from him, one of my heroes. The speed of him is unbelievable. I’m gutted what he’s got to go through for him and his family.”

Wright is keeping his mind firmly on each job as they come and knows in-form Bunting presents a massive challenge. But he’s enjoying proving people wrong as he did when ending Luke Humphries’ reign and said: “It would be nice to feel how I did in the game before [against Jermaine Wattimena].

“I felt like I could place the darts better. But that game against Luke was tough, maybe because I was actually playing Luke. I’m not a favourite, that’s ridiculous. Long way to go yet. “It’s very hard, no one knows what I’ve been through this year as a dart player.

“I was being written off and stuff like that. And so I should be, I agree. There were little doubts in my head saying maybe I should. It’s because I’ve tried different things. I’ve watched other players, I’ve tried Jonny Clayton darts and I’ve tried different set-ups to see if I can improve my game.

“Now I’ve gone back to the old set-up that has worked. I have practiced more this year than I ever have. I’ve hit more nine-darters but on stage they’ve not been coming out.

“I’ve gone to tournaments with no confidence at all and I’ve got battered by people I shouldn’t get beat by. It’s not their fault. They’ve drawn me and I’ve been rubbish.

“It’s up to me to improve next year and I’ve set myself a target of winning 11 tournaments and beat my record of 10. To win here would be handy. That would take me to four or five in the world. But long way to go yet.”