Conway to host Sportsmen’s Expo March 26 | Visit

Sportsmen’s Expo, including dock dogs, comes to downtown Conway March 26

The dock dogs competition, where handlers and dogs run down an elevated dock competing in events that include measuring speed, high jump and low jump, is the highlight of the Waccamaw Sportsmen’s Expo March 26.

The day will start with Stalvey’s Bass Fishing Tournament’s registration at 6 a.m. with blast off at 7.

Dock dog activities will start preliminary competition on Friday afternoon with the canine capers entertaining all day Saturday, starting out at the former police station lot at 200 Laurel St.

The Sportsmen’s Expo is Conway’s first and will include Southern Flight Retrievers Dog Trails, game cooking demos, fish cooking demos, a reptile program presented by the Edisto Island Serpentarium and archery demos.

Conway Downtown Alive’s executive director Hillary Howard said that while there will be food trucks at the expo, “the joy of having this downtown is that there are so many…