GRAPPENHALL Darts League high flyers Golden Lion suffered a shock home defeat this week.

They were edged out by GTL, who were indebted to the last leg heroics of J Dutton.

He cracked in a 17-darter in the decider and GTL's other star performers were T Hodson, 16 darts, J Smith, 20 and G Smith, 20.

S Tatlock won in 18 darts for Golden Lion.

ESMA cruised to victory over Red Lion, winning six games on the spin.

A Leigh fired in a 16-darter to give Red Lion an early lead before the likes of E Clarke, 11, R Hassall, 12 and G Hanglin, 20, showed good form for the A team.

H Billing, 18 and R Norcott, 19, made key contributions as Crown recorded a narrow win against rock bottom Star.

W Bancroft prevailed in 13 darts for luckless Star, who have only won four of their 26 games.

T Sheen, 17, inspired Pickering Arms to a 7-2 success at Ye Olde No3 while T Arnold, 21 and N Jackson, 27, shone in Lyym Legion's 5-4 win against ESMB 5-4.

R Hadland, 24 and R Salt, 28, were the most impressive performers for the B team.