Thomson's two-year tenure, during most of which he was also chairman, ended at the annual meeting last month.
He kept a tight hold on expenditure and in his first year in charge gave the centre a surplus of $2199 before depreciation.
This was a turnaround of $9397 from a loss in the 2007-08 financial year.
He did even better in his second year with Bowls Dunedin, making a surplus of $5700 before depreciation.
"We reviewed everything and kept costs tight," Thomson said.
A major financial cost to the centre was the financial support of representative teams.
Despite the tight financial market, Thomson was able to double the sponsorship for the official handbook of Bowls Dunedin.
Thomson made another impact during his tenure by arresting the decline in membership of Bowls Dunedin.
In his first year, the centre lost 95 members. This represented 5% of membership.
In his second year only 17 members left.
During the same period, the membership of Bowls New Zealand dropped from 35, 769 to 34,120, a loss of 1649 bowlers, or 4.6%.
Bowls Dunedin's membership is 1810.
The peak membership for men was 2856 in 1980-81. The women's peak was 1433 in 1985-86.
The amalgamation of small clubs was another issue that arose during Thomson's stewardship.
"I told the Dunedin City Council that each club was an incorporated society and that Bowls Dunedin could not push them into amalgamation," he said.
"Each club had to make their own decision."
There were structural administrative changes to Bowls Dunedin during Thomson's time, with the 12-strong executive changing to a board of nine.
On his watch, Bowls Dunedin completed negotiations with the Dunedin City Council about the Logan Park lease.
The centre has given the greens back to the Dunedin City Council but the lease for the centre buildings has been 100% rebated for the remainder of the terms of the lease to 2014.
