The swine flu outbreak forced the cancellation of several sporting activities in the region over the weekend.

Hockey appears to be the hardest hit sport, a number of weekend games in several leagues were cancelled because team members were ill, some confirmed to have H1N1.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Moncton Wildcats cancelled their Sunday match against the Montreal Juniors because they only had 11 skaters. As well in Maritime Junior A action, Friday's game between Pictou and Truro was nixed.

And a couple of university games, both men's and women's were cancelled says Atlantic University Sport executive director Phil Currie.

"We had some reccommendation form health professionals some MDs that putting the teams on the bus and allow the virus to incubate was not a good idea," says 
Currie says he'll keep an eye on developments this week. So will Tom Fahie with the Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation but so far he says there's been little impact on high school sports.

"As far as our teams are concerned we had 20 tournaments over he weekend in soccer and no reports came back about the H1N1 affecting anyone," says Fahie.                    
So far there have been no new cancellations of games at any level because of the swine flu.